Highlands & Eilean Siar weather

Headline:

Mainly dry on Wednesday, the odd light shower,

This Evening and Tonight:

Rather cloudy with showers, these frequent in the north and east and falling as snow on hills. Clearer spells on the west coast with showers generally lighter here. Minimum temperature 0 °C.

Wednesday:

The odd light wintry shower to start, otherwise a mostly dry morning with bright spells. The odd light shower in north in afternoon, best of sunny intervals in Lochaber. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Rather cold and cloudy on Thursday, a few showers in north, lighter winds.Sunny intervals and a few showers on Friday then dry with some sunshine on Saturday.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC) on Tue 11 Mar 2025

The dominant area of high pressure will gradually drift away to the E of the UK through the early part of next week. So initially there should be a good deal of dry weather with plenty of sunshine by day, but still some noticeably chilly nights with frost fairly widespread. The odd fog patch is possible in the north, and a brisk breeze across the south will make it feel notably chilly here. Beyond that we will likely to see a gradual transition to less settled conditions. So rain or showers at times, mostly focussed across the south at first, then more widely later. With winds turning to the south it will become much milder, possibly very mild in places for a time.

Updated: 14:00 (UTC) on Tue 11 Mar 2025

Confidence is low, but through the end of March changeable weather patterns are most likely. This means periods of unsettled, wet and windy weather interspersed with some drier and brighter spells. Into early April, there may be a transition to more-frequent drier and more settled spells. Temperatures will probably be above average overall.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC) on Tue 11 Mar 2025