Vermilion Sands: Weather forecast

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Met Office 7-day forecast for Glasgow (Glasgow)

Model run at 2300, Sat 18 Apr 2026. All times UTC.
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Sat
18 Apr
2026
9.1°C ±1.8
29% W
7 / 16mph
Sun
19 Apr
2026
6.8°C ±0.5
0% WSW
4 / 11mph
5.8°C ±0.6
0% : SW
4 / 11mph
5.0°C ±0.3
1% : WSW
3 / 12mph
6.9°C ±1.8
6% : WNW
7 / 12mph
9.6°C ±0.9
15% WNW
6 / 11mph
10.9°C ±0.4
6% : WNW
8 / 14mph
11.2°C ±0.2
5% : NW
7 / 13mph
9.7°C ±1.3
0% : WNW
5 / 10mph
Mon
20 Apr
2026
7.8°C ±0.8
4% NW
3 / 7mph
6.3°C ±0.8
1% : NNW
2 / 4mph
5.1°C ±0.5
1% : ENE
2 / 3mph
6.9°C ±1.7
1% : E
4 / 7mph
9.9°C ±1.3
6% : ENE
4 / 8mph
11.5°C ±0.4
8% : E
6 / 11mph
11.4°C ±0.4
8% : ENE
8 / 15mph
9.5°C ±1.5
6% : ENE
10 / 18mph
Tue
21 Apr
2026
7.4°C ±0.6
13% ENE
9 / 17mph
6.6°C ±0.2
4% : ENE
9 / 17mph
6.3°C ±0.2
5% : ENE
10 / 18mph
7.5°C ±1.1
4% : ENE
14 / 26mph
9.8°C ±1.2
2% : ENE
15 / 29mph
11.4°C ±0.4
1% : E
15 / 29mph
10.8°C ±0.8
0% : ENE
13 / 24mph
8.4°C ±1.6
1% : ENE
11 / 20mph
Wed
22 Apr
2026
6.4°C ±1.0
1% ENE
10 / 19mph
5.2°C ±0.3
1% : ENE
11 / 20mph
5.3°C ±0.2
1% : ENE
11 / 21mph
7.0°C ±1.6
0% : ENE
14 / 27mph
10.1°C ±1.5
0% : ENE
14 / 27mph
12.0°C ±0.4
0% : ENE
14 / 27mph
11.3°C ±1.1
0% : ENE
13 / 24mph
8.5°C ±1.8
1% : ENE
11 / 21mph
Thu
23 Apr
2026
6.4°C ±0.9
4% ENE
10 / 19mph
5.2°C ±0.3
1% : ENE
10 / 17mph
5.1°C ±0.2
2% : ENE
10 / 18mph
6.7°C ±1.6
0% : ENE
10 / 20mph
10.3°C ±2.0
0% : ENE
9 / 19mph
13.3°C ±1.0
0% : ENE
8 / 17mph
13.5°C ±0.9
0% : ENE
8 / 15mph
10.4°C ±2.4
0% : NE
6 / 12mph
Fri
24 Apr
2026
7.1°C ±1.5
0% ENE
6 / 10mph
5.0°C ±0.7
1% : ENE
5 / 9mph
4.6°C ±0.5
2% : E
5 / 10mph
6.7°C ±2.2
1% : ENE
6 / 13mph
11.0°C ±2.1
0% : NE
6 / 14mph
13.6°C ±0.4
0% : NE
6 / 13mph
13.8°C ±0.2
0% : ENE
6 / 12mph
11.5°C ±2.1
0% : ENE
6 / 10mph
Locations: Leeds, Manchester, London, Glasgow, Lusaka

Notes

This forecast originally used publicly available information from the Met Office's DataPoint service. This is being discontinued in late 2025 (and was increasing unreliable running up to that date), and is replaced by the DataHub service. Which is being used for the above forecast.

DataHub is more complex to process, but provides more information and better global coverage. Each table cell above contains, in order:

  • The predicted temperature, in degrees Celsius. DataHub provides a maximum and a minimum, and I've averaged these and given the possible variation (the ± figure).
    Maxima over 25°C and 30°C are highlighted thusly.
    Similarly, minima below 5°C and 0°C are highlighted.
  • The next line contains the probablity of any precipitation (rain, mostly), followed by...
  • ...the wind direction.
  • The final text line gives the predicted average wind, followed by the maximum gust. DataHub uses m/sec, but I've converted these to mph.
    Calm weather (≤5mph wind), strong gusts (≥25mph) and storm-force gusts (≥40mph) are highlighted.
  • Finally, there's an icon representing the prevailing weather type.
A in the cell means there's extra information present -- hover over the cell to see it. For example, all midnight cells contain this symbol, and the pop-up shows the visibility. This is ground-level only, and doesn't mean clear skies! Other extra information may include significant -- over 10% probability -- rain/snow (as light/heavy probability, and total amount) and hail and lightning probability.

Select another location from the list below the table.

Rain radar

Lightning

Credits

Data courtesy of the Met Office DataHub service.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Analysis coding by Admin1, written in Python.