Despite predictions of a blistering start to summer, Tayside and Fife has been place under a yellow warning by the Met Office.
Winds of up to 50mph have been predicted, with the warning in place until 6pm this evening across the whole area.
The Met Office said the unseasonably windy spell will also feature heavy rain, despite bookies having slashed the odds on Britain enjoying the hottest June on record.
A Met Office spokesman said the low pressure coming across the UK will bring strong winds gusts of 40-50mph “fairly widely” with 60-70mph gales expected in areas such as some English Channel coasts.
Asked about the idea of a heatwave coming, he added: “I wouldn’t say that there’s a heatwave on the way. No.”
But he did say the weather would become “more settled” towards the end of the week with temperatures expected to reach 22C on Thursday, and mid-20s on Friday and Saturday.
One or two places might see 26C if they are lucky.
“There’s also some heavy rain associated with that low pressure through later today and tomorrow. We could see 20-40mm of rain in northern and western areas,” he said, adding that trees which are in leaf at this time of year are more susceptible to the winds, meaning that the chance of disruption is increased.
“It’s a pretty unsettled start to the summer,” he said, but added that it will calm down “quite significantly” from midweek onwards.
Widespread blue skies are not likely though as the spokesman said there will be a fair bit of cloud around.
“It’s certainly not a case that we’re getting wall-to-wall blue skies across the UK on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday or even Saturday.”