The Saddle (Highland) weather

Headline:

Breezy with rain or showers on Thursday.

This Evening and Tonight:

Showers or longer spells of rain spread in through the evening and overnight, the rain heavy and thundery at times. Rather windy around the coasts. Minimum temperature 6 °C.

Thursday:

Showers occasionally forming longer spells of rain, heavy and thundery at times. Becoming drier later through the day. Windy at times. Maximum temperature 13 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

A band of rain pushes east Friday with showers following later. Showers or longer spells of rain on Saturday. Occasionally windy. Mostly dry, bright Sunday, chance of the odd shower.

High pressure to the north or northeast of the UK will bring plenty of dry weather and sunny spells for most at first. Low pressure in the Atlantic will try to push weather fronts towards the UK from the south west, but these may remain slow moving. Some parts of the east coast could be on the chilly side with low cloud and onshore breeze, but further west it will likely feel quite warm, especially in sunnier areas. From next weekend and into the start of the following week, there are signs that more unsettled weather could return for a time, bringing rain or showers to some areas.

Signals are not very strong for the extended forecast range, but in broad terms higher pressure is more likely to the north, with lower pressure to the south. Across Scotland and northern half of England this would mean drier and more settled weather. Meanwhile, Northern Ireland, Wales and the southern half of England perhaps seeing a greater chance of rain or showers at times, but plenty of scope for fair weather in between. Temperatures will probably be close to or slightly above average overall, perhaps becoming more widely warm at times.