Kyleakin Youth Hostel (Highland) weather

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Mostly dry with bright intervals on Thursday. Breezy.

Today:

For many it will be a dry day and mostly cloudy but with some bright or sunny intervals. Showers possible over Caithness and Sutherland but these easing through the day. Light winds to start, turning breezy near coasts later. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Tonight:

Mostly dry and cloudy through the evening and overnight with clear intervals and the odd shower over Caithness. Light rain possible for South Uist later in night. Wind strengthening overnight. Minimum temperature 1 °C.

Friday:

A mostly cloudy day with some outbreaks of rain. Rain mainly over the Isles and far north with other parts staying largely dry. Strong winds at first easing later. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Mostly cloudy over the weekend with rain at times, which may be heavy. Monday will be drier with some brighter spells possible. Mostly light winds throughout.

This period will start off in a similar vein to current conditions. This means largely unsettled weather is expected, with showers or longer spells of rain for many places and occasionally rather windy. Some hill snow is likely in the north too. Temperatures will be close to average for most, but perhaps rather cold in the far northeast. A subtle change is now looking likely during the second half of this period, as the winds look like backing off to more of an easterly or northeasterly direction. It is likely to remain largely unsettled, especially towards the south, but it is likely to become colder with an increasing risk of snow, more particularly in the north. An often brisk wind will accentuate the colder feel too.

Something of a north-south split seems quite likely at first, with low pressure to the south and high pressure to the north, before a potential change back to more of a southwest-northeast split, similar to the current setup. With the jet stream likely further south than normal, the wettest conditions are more likely towards the south. Northwestern parts of the UK are most likely to be drier than normal. Whilst incursions of wet, windy and milder weather are favoured at times in the south and later the west, colder conditions further north will bring an increased risk of wintry hazards, especially where any precipitation from the southwest interacts with the cold air. The colder conditions may affect all parts at times, more especially early in this period.