Bowmore (Argyll and Bute) weather

Headline:

Early showers, heavy rain later, hill snow. Becoming windy.

Today:

Cloudy with scattered showers at first, snow on the hills. These showers clear during the morning to leave the early afternoon dry. A band of rain and hill snow, some heavy, will spread east from mid-afternoon. Windy later. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Tonight:

The night will continue cloudy with outbreaks of rain and hill snow, some heavy. This will be accompanied by a strong wind. Minimum temperature 4 °C.

Tuesday:

Another cloudy day with outbreaks of rain and hill snow, this persistent and heavy at times. The rain will clear from the west from the evening. Windy. Maximum temperature 5 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Mostly dry but cloudy with the chance of a few showers, snow on the hills, Wednesday and Thursday. Scattered showers Friday, snow on the hills. Breezy.

Weather systems 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 as well as strong winds are expected at times. Rain 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 southwest do reach the cold air towards the northeast, there is the risk of some snow, most likely across hills, but perhaps extending to lower areas at times.

A similar theme from early February is most likely to continue as Atlantic frontal systems attempt to move across the country. With the jet stream likely 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 southwest interacts with the cold air.