Gairich (Highland) weather

Headline:

Bright spells and a few showers today, drier in east.

Today:

Some bright or sunny spells, best of any brightness in the north and east. There will be scattered showers, these occasionally heavy across the west with hail. Fewer showers in the east. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Tonight:

Variable amounts of cloud overnight with scattered showers, these mostly across the west. Mainly dry in the east. Patchy frost and ice. Light northwesterly winds. Minimum temperature 1 °C.

Monday:

Some brightness across the east at first. Otherwise a cold and cloudy day with outbreaks of rain spreading southeast, turning to sleet and snow through the afternoon and evening. Maximum temperature 4 °C.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Mainly dry with some sunshine on Tuesday although the odd wintry shower possible in the north. Dry, bright and cold Wednesday and Thursday. Cold with overnight frost, locally severe.

Showers or longer spells of rain as well as occasional strong winds are most likely as Atlantic low pressure systems dominate in the vicinity of the UK. Some heavy rain is likely in places, with some snow probable at times, mainly on high ground in the north. Temperatures varying from around or a little above average, especially in the south, to cold at times, especially in the north. While unsettled weather is likely to dominate, there will be some drier interludes between weather systems. Later in the period, there is a chance that more prolonged drier and settled conditions may begin to develop.

Low confidence in the dominant weather patterns during this period. There are signals for both unsettled conditions, bringing a risk of some heavy rain and possibly strong winds, but also periods of drier, more settled weather, which may mean slightly colder conditions. The more settled pattern is looking slightly more probable early in this period, with more unsettled conditions currently looking slightly more probable come the end of the period.