Nethy Bridge (Highland) weather

Headline:

Mainly dry and cloudy today.

Today:

Mainly dry and cloudy day, some brighter spells around Inverness, the Great Glen and the west coast. A few showers in the far north, and perhaps the Western Isles. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Tonight:

A mainly dry evening and night although with a good deal of cloud. Still one or two light showers across Caithness and Sutherland. Freshening southeasterly wind across The Uists later. Minimum temperature 3 °C.

Monday:

Mainly dry and cloudy, some brightness along the west coast. Rain and hill snow will spread northeast through the evening. Strong southeasterly winds along exposed coasts. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Rain and hill snow spreading north on Tuesday, strong southeasterly winds with gales along exposed coasts. Occasional rain on Wednesday and Thursday, mainly across the east.

Weather systems moving in from the Atlantic will continue to attempt to push in from the west, but tending to stall in the vicinity of the UK as they encounter high pressure to the north and northeast. As a result, further spells of rain or showers are expected at times. These may be heavy and persistent, especially in the south and west. Whilst mild conditions are expected to encroach into the south and southwest at times, cold air is likely to be positioned to the northeast, bringing wintry showers at times. Where fronts from the south west do reach the cold air towards the north east, there is the risk of some snow, most likely across hills, but perhaps extending to lower areas at times.

A similar theme is expected to continue as Atlantic frontal systems attempt to push eastwards at times. As the jet stream is slightly further south than normal, the wettest conditions are more likely in central and southern areas. North and northwestern parts of the UK are most likely to be drier than normal. Whilst mild incursions of wet and windy weather are favoured at times in the south and west, colder conditions in the north and northeast will bring an increased risk of wintry hazards, especially where any precipitation from the south west interacts with the cold air.