Loch Ossian Youth Hostel (Highland) weather

Headline:

Mainly dry and bright, chance of a few morning showers

Today:

Clouds build from the west for a time through the morning with the odd light shower possible. Then becoming dry and bright through the afternoon with some sunshine. Maximum temperature 17 °C.

Tonight:

It will stay dry through the evening and overnight. Quite cloudy over Caithness with variable amounts of cloud and clear spells elsewhere. A relatively chilly night in sheltered glens. Minimum temperature 7 °C.

Tuesday:

A dry and bright morning with good spells of sunshine. Low cloud and light rain spread slowly east in the afternoon. Dry, warm and bright towards Inverness and Nairn. Maximum temperature 20 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Staying cloudy in the west with mist or drizzle on Wednesday and Thursday with occasionally fresh southwest winds, clearing on Friday. Staying dry, bright and increasingly warm in the east.

Many parts of the UK are expected to be part way through a period of high temperatures and humidity at the start of this period. The duration, geographical extent and intensity of the heat are all rather uncertain at present, but there is the potential for some very hot weather to be realised, especially across some inland southern and eastern areas. With this also comes the possibility of thunderstorms, in part because of the high temperatures, but also in association with any frontal systems moving in from the west, which would ultimately usher in cooler and fresher conditions. Towards the latter part of the period, northwestern areas stand a greater chance of experiencing rather more changeable conditions, with drier and occasionally hotter spells more likely further southeast.

A continuation of the broad themes from earlier in the month at first, with high pressure probably dominating the south and lower pressure more favoured to affect the north and northwest. Temperatures are likely to end up above average overall with a continued, and perhaps higher than normal, chance of occasional hot spells or heatwaves, especially further to the southeast. However, by the turn of the month, there is a signal for perhaps more widely unsettled weather to develop, though the details of this remain rather uncertain.