Cairn of Claise (Aberdeenshire) weather

Headline:

Scattered showers this afternoon, wintry on hills.

Today:

A mainly cloudy day with scattered showers, these becoming more frequent later this morning and early afternoon. Showers falling as sleet or snow on hills. Cold. Maximum temperature 5 °C.

Tonight:

Variable amounts of cloud and occasional wintry showers, these becoming fewer later in the night. Becoming windy with fresh to strong northerly winds. Icy patches. Minimum temperature 0 °C.

Tuesday:

Any overnight wintry showers soon dying out. Then the rest of the day will be dry with some sunny spells. Fresh northerly winds in the east easing down. Cold. Maximum temperature 4 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Dry and cold on Wednesday and Thursday with bright spells. Overnight frost, locally severe across the west. Milder on Friday with rain spreading east at times.

Showers or longer spells of rain, as well as occasional strong winds, are most likely at first 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, mainly in the north. Although unsettled weather is likely to dominate at first, there will be some drier interludes between weather systems. These drier interludes will become increasingly likely and perhaps more prolonged through the period.

Confidence in the dominant weather patterns during this period is low. There are signals for both periods of unsettled conditions, bringing a risk of heavy rain and possibly strong winds, and 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 likely towards the end.