Sound of Rum (Highland) weather

Headline:

Cloudy, rain and showers east, drier, brighter west Monday.

This Evening and Tonight:

A few showers across the east this evening and overnight. Otherwise a dry night with variable amounts of cloud. A frost developing where skies clear. Minimum temperature 3 °C.

Monday:

Cloudy with showers or some longer spells of rain across the east. Drier elsewhere with some brightness along the west coast. Strong southeasterly winds along the Caithness coast. Maximum temperature 5 °C.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Showers, with some sleet and snow on Tuesday and Wednesday, across the east. Mainly dry across the west. Fresh to strong southeasterly winds along exposed coasts.

Frontal systems over the Atlantic, steered by a south-shifted jet stream, are likely to approach the UK at times, but tending to stall as they encounter a blocking area of high pressure to the north and northeast. This will result in further spells of rain at times, falling in areas already sensitive to flooding. As these bands of rain spread northwards, some snow will be possible in northern England and Scotland, mainly over higher ground, as they encounter colder air. A subtle shift southwards of these areas of low pressure is anticipated during the second week of February, which may allow a greater chance of colder air to spread across larger parts of the UK, including the south, bringing an increased risk of wintry hazards for a time.

Whilst confidence is lower through this period, a south-shifted jet stream is likely to persist for much of the time, steering areas of low pressure towards and south of the UK. This is likely to bring further spells of wet and windy weather, with rain most frequent in the south and west, and perhaps also eastern Scotland, with the driest conditions, relative to normal, in northwest Scotland. Some hill snow will be possible at times as the wet weather encounters colder air across northern parts of the UK. Temperatures for the period as a whole will likely be close to average for most parts, but perhaps a little below in the northeast.