An Gearanach (Highland) weather

Headline:

Dry and sunny, feeling cooler.

Today:

It will stay dry with good prolonged sunny spells. After a frosty start it will feel cooler than recent days. Cloudier in the west with increasingly strong south to southwest winds. Maximum temperature 8 °C.

Tonight:

Staying dry with often clear skies at first, but cloud gradually spreading in from the west. Strong south to southwest winds developing, coastal gales in the west. Minimum temperature 0 °C.

Saturday:

It will remain dry for most on Saturday. Feeling mild with some bright spells or hazy sunshine in the east. Windy and cloudy in the west with occasional rain. Maximum temperature 12 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Variable cloud and bright spells with occasional rain in the east on Sunday and Monday, cloudy with more persistent rain in the west. Becoming windier Tuesday as rain spreads east.

The first part of this period will continue to see the UK located at the interface between high pressure across Europe and low pressure over the North Atlantic. As such, western areas will likely see spells of rain at times, along with stronger winds, whereas eastern parts should see more in the way of drier interludes, though even here, some rain is possible from time to time. Towards the middle of March, there is a signal for unsettled conditions to perhaps become more widespread, with all parts seeing a higher chance of rain and stronger winds. Throughout, temperatures should overall be a little above average for most areas.

The start of this period could see unsettled conditions fairly widely across the UK, with spells of rain and strong winds affecting many areas at times, although western areas likely remain wettest. Then, whilst confidence in the details is low, there is the potential for weather patterns to become slower-moving by late March, with unsettled weather becoming more confined to parts of the south, as areas towards the north and northwest turn drier. Given this pattern, the chance of wintry hazards will increase compared to earlier in March. Overall, temperatures will probably end up near to average, but there is an increasing chance of below average temperatures towards the end of March, but at present there is no strong sign for any really cold weather to develop.