Sunny spells.

Sunny spells and a few showers, these mainly affecting northern Argyll with east Ayrshire and Lanarkshire seeing the best of the sunshine. Light southwesterly winds. The showers over Argyll will turn wintry over the high ground.

Scotia is used to monitor and evaluate fish stocks by means of trawling, acoustic surveys, and specialised sampling. The ship is also equipped to carry out state-of-the- art oceanographic sampling in all weather conditions, and plays an important role in monitoring the seas around Scotland.