Edinburgh weather forecast: This is when snow will fall in the capital on Wednesday

Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com 
and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565
Visit Shots! now
Edinburgh is set to see another day of wintry conditions on Wednesday (12 Feb), as snow, ice, windy weather, rain and cooler temperatures are set to hit the city.

The Met Office forecast for Dumfries, Galloway, Lothians & Borders said: “Further wintry showers in the morning. These becoming less widespread in the afternoon with more in the way of dry and sunny weather especially in east.

Strong winds easing.”

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

A Met Office yellow weather warning for snow and ice is in place for Edinburgh until 12pm on Wednesday (12 Feb).

Edinburgh is set to see another day of wintry conditions on Wednesday (12 Feb), as snow, ice, windy weather, rain and cooler temperatures are set to hit the city.Edinburgh is set to see another day of wintry conditions on Wednesday (12 Feb), as snow, ice, windy weather, rain and cooler temperatures are set to hit the city.
Edinburgh is set to see another day of wintry conditions on Wednesday (12 Feb), as snow, ice, windy weather, rain and cooler temperatures are set to hit the city. | Other 3rd Party

This weather warning said: “Further snow showers are likely across western Scotland on Wednesday morning. These are likely to lead to further accumulations of snow above around 100 metres with 5-10 cm of snow possible above around 250m.

“Any snow accumulations over lower ground are likely to be temporary. Icy surfaces will be an additional hazard along with strong winds leading to some blizzard conditions at times.”

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

Here’s when wintry conditions will hit Edinburgh on Wednesday (12 Feb):

08:00: cloudy - 2C - wind gust of 35mph

09:00: sunny - 2C - wind gust of 36mph

10:00: sunny - 2C - wind gust of 36mph

11:00: light rain shower - 3C - wind gust of 32mph

12:00: heavy rain shower - 3C - wind gust of 32mph

13:00: snow shower - 3C - wind gust of 29mph

14:00: sunny intervals - 3C - wind gust of 30mph

15:00: sunny intervals - 3C - wind gust of 28mph

16:00: sunny - 3C - wind gust of 28mph

17:00: clear night - 2C - wind gust of 25mph

This weekend’s weather

The Met Office forecast for Dumfries, Galloway, Lothians & Borders for Thursday (13 Feb) said: “Sleet or snow in morning, early afternoon, east coast rain, with strong northeast winds.

“Possibly disruptive snow high ground in south. Becoming drier in afternoon with some sunshine, winds easing.

“Heavy rain arriving on Friday, thaw, clearing to scattered showers. Windy. Dry start Saturday then more heavy rain, windy again. Sunshine, showers Sunday with gales or severe gales.”