Creag Meagaidh (Highland) weather

Headline:

Dry and sunny becoming showery in the northeast.

Today:

A frosty start with any early mist or fog patches soon burning away to leave a dry and sunny start to the day. Showers, some heavy, spread to Caithness late morning and perhaps Sutherland later. Maximum temperature 10 °C.

Tonight:

Mainly dry with clear spells across southern parts tonight but cloudy with showers, some heavy, in the northeast spreading south later. Minimum temperature 6 °C.

Friday:

Cloudy and cold with a strong northerly wind. Showers will be frequent and at times heavy, Maximum temperature 10 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Cold and windy with frequent showers, wintry on the hills, Saturday. The showers clear as the wind falls light Sunday. Further showery rain pushes northeast Monday becoming frequent, heavy later.

A changeable start to the period with bands of rain from the Atlantic moving across the country at times. The wettest and windiest conditions are likely to be across the northwest with some decent drier interludes across the south and east. Around the turn of the month or into early November, wetter and windier conditions across the north and west are likely to extend more widely across the country. It is somewhat uncertain when this will occur with high pressure attempting to persist across the southeast maintaining more settled conditions here. Temperatures will be a little below average at the start of the period, likely trending upwards with potential for a mild spell around the turn of the month.

Unsettled conditions are most likely during early November with showers or longer spells of rain across all areas at times along with spells of strong winds. Temperatures through this period are overall likely to be around or above average with any colder spells short-lived between weather systems. Into mid-November, while there is an increased chance of more settled spells, the likelihood of whether settled or unsettled conditions are more prevalent are reasonably balanced.