Sgurr A' Bhealaich Dheirg (Highland) weather

Headline:

Sunny intervals and a few showers

Today:

A bright day with sunny spells and a few scattered showers. The showers turning more frequent for Caithness and Sutherland later where it will be rather breezy. Maximum temperature 18 °C.

Tonight:

A bright evening with a few showers, the showers predominately affecting parts of Caithness and Sutherland. Turning mainly dry through the rest of the night with some clear spells. Minimum temperature 9 °C.

Monday:

Early showers across northern areas will clear, leaving a bright day with plenty of sunny spells. Sunshine will turn a little hazy at times through the afternoon. Maximum temperature 18 °C.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

A rather changeable and breezy period with variable cloud and a few showery outbreaks of rain. Best conditions in the east where it will be often warm or very warm.

Something of a north to south split to start the period. Some rain or showers are likely in the north whilst it will be predominantly dry, sunny and hot in the south. The heat in the south will likely ease into next weekend but probably remain a little above average. Further into August high pressure will likely become more widely dominant leading to settled conditions for most. There are signs that low pressure systems or thundery interludes will interrupt this at times, but rainfall amounts will probably be variable, with some areas continuing to see relatively little. Temperatures are likely to remain above average, with a chance of a return of the hot conditions seen earlier in the period.

The broad theme of high pressure remaining in place at least close to the UK seems most probable, but with occasional more unsettled or changeable interludes. These interludes will either be the result of Atlantic frontal systems moving east or thundery plumes possibly drifting north from the continent. The broadly settled conditions mean that rainfall amounts overall are more likely to be below normal than above. Temperatures will probably be above average and some spells of hot weather and heatwaves are possible, especially in the south.