Every morning over breakfast I visit the same list of websites, starting with the BBC News, the BBC Weather, the Meteorological Office weather - because the two often differ considerably - and this one, Windy.com, where I select the Temperature tab. This gives the wind directions and the surface temperature which, between them, give a pretty good idea of the weather prospects and, in particular, whether we are going to see a summer.
The map above was this morning's, with the wind coming off a cool North Sea, and we duly had a rather cloudy day with light rain by early evening. However, it's possible to run the map forward for about a week, and this....
....is the map for tomorrow. The BBC and the Meteorological office are forecasting maximum temperatures in Golspie of 25C and 23C respectively, which will make it the hottest day since May.
With proper summer days so rare here, we need to make the very best of it, so an expedition and - dare we risk it? - a picnic are planned, but.... where shall we go?
Sadly, there's a low pressure area moving in from the Atlantic which will draw yet more fronts in to the British Isles, so on Saturday we'll be back to temperatures more typical of Golspie's climate - with daytime maxima of around 17C.
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