Ainshval (Highland) weather

Headline:

Mainly dry and bright

Today:

There will be a few light showers around at first, mainly for Caithness. Otherwise it will be a dry day with sunny spells and light winds. Maximum temperature 13 °C.

Tonight:

A dry evening with clear spells. Staying dry in the east overnight but clouding over in the west with patchy rain possible towards Skye and Eilean Siar. Minimum temperature 5 °C.

Monday:

Rather cloudy through the day with outbreaks of patchy light rain.Feeling warm in the best of the brightness towards Inverness and Nairn. Rain turning heavier in the evening. Occasionally windy. Maximum temperature 17 °C.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Overnight rain clearing Tuesday morning, then sunshine and blustery showers. Cloudy and very windy with gales on Wednesday and occasionally heavy rain later, this gradually clearing southeast through Thursday.

The weather is expected to remain changeable. Low pressure systems will continue to run across the North Atlantic, often to the north and northwest of the UK, bringing occasional bands of rain and strong winds, interspersed with brighter and more showery conditions. Rain will be most prevalent across hills in the west and northwest, where above average rainfall is likely through this period. Longer drier interludes are more favoured in southern and eastern parts, but even here there will probably be more rain over the period compared to recent weeks. Whilst brief cooler interludes and early morning frosts are possible, temperatures are likely to be a little above normal in many areas for the period as a whole, and potentially quite mild at times during wetter and windier spells.

The rest of October and early November will probably maintain a changeable pattern overall, with areas of low pressure often passing close to, if not across, the UK from the North Atlantic. Showers or longer spells of rain are likely at times, with the wettest and windiest weather typically in the west and northwest, with drier conditions favoured in southern and eastern parts. A trend to more widely unsettled conditions is possible into November. Whilst some occasional colder interludes will be possible at times, temperatures are likely to be near or a little above average for the period as a whole.