Carn Dearg (1034m) (Highland) weather

Headline:

Cold with wintry showers today.

Today:

A mostly cloudy day with scattered showers or occasionally longer spells of rain. Showers will be of sleet or snow at times. Some brightness breaking through later. Cold. Maximum temperature 5 °C.

Tonight:

Variable amounts of cloud and scattered showers of sleet and snow. Showers dying out later in the night. Fresh to strong northerly winds, easing down later in the night. Minimum temperature -2 °C.

Tuesday:

Mainly dry and cold with some bright or sunny spells. One or two wintry showers across the far north, especially during the evening. Maximum temperature 4 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Dry and cold on Wednesday and Thursday with bright spells. Overnight frost, locally severe. Milder on Friday with rain spreading northeast at times.

Remaining changeable to begin with, as Atlantic low pressure systems push east over or to the north of the UK. This means further spells of wet and at times windy weather, interspersed with brighter, showery interludes. Some heavy rain is likely, especially across high ground areas in the west and north, though some sheltered eastern and southern parts may see comparively little rain. It will like be relatively mild overall, though some occasional colder spells are possible, particularly in the north. Around the turn of the month, there is a signal that high pressure will become more dominant, meaning more in the way of dry weather developing.

This period may start of predominantly settled, with high pressure close by to the UK. However the orientation of any anticyclone and its location relative to the UK is much more uncertain, which has knock-on effects on the type of weather we can expect. Towards mid March, there are indications that more generally changeable conditions of Atlantic origin may develop once more, with a return to spells of wind and rain at times.