Are you out and about this Saturday? Wear everything – you name it, sunproof, heat insulating, water-resistant – everything.
The Weather Channel reckons there's a 70 per cent chance of rain and a maximum temperature of 12º C.
The Met Office predicts a bright start followed by cloud and rain, then bright intervals and showers. Temperatures, they suggest, won't get above 13º C.
The website www.weather-forecast.com predicts a pleasant variety of 'some clouds' rain showers' and 'light rain', with a maximum temperature of 9º C in the afternoon.
The BBC helpfully adds that both pollution and pollen across the UK will range between low and very high.
Where can we turn for good news? Summery Broughton Street, of course, where Apple Pharmacy urges sensible precautions for babies against the seasonal bright sun and high UV levels, whilst simultaneously encouraging all and sundry to 'Be Ready for WINTER'. Only in Scotland.
Send us your digital photos of sizzling Edinburgh over the next few months and we will compose an album for perusal later during the dark days to come. Our email address is: spurtle@hotmail.co.uk