Mullach Na Dheiragain (Highland) weather

Headline:

Scattered showers on Tuesday, mainly in the west.

Today:

Variable amounts of cloud and some sunny spells. Scattered showers, these most frequent and occasionally heavy across the west. Drier in the east. Blustery southwesterly winds in the west. Maximum temperature 7 °C.

Tonight:

Further heavy showers in the west this evening, a few lighter ones in the east then all turning drier for a time. More rain by morning, southerly gales west coast. Minimum temperature 2 °C.

Wednesday:

Cloudy with occasional rain, turning heavy in west in the afternoon, strong to gale southerly winds. Clearer with scattered showers by evening, winds easing. Maximum temperature 11 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Remaining unsettled and fairly mild with clear or sunny intervals and showers, as well as a few longer spells of rain. Strong winds at times.

Unsettled conditions are likely to continue at first, with low pressure probably centred somewhere to the southwest of the UK, whilst high pressure tries to nose in from the east across northern areas. This means a broadly easterly flow becoming established, whilst periods of rain or showers becoming increasingly confined to southern or southwestern parts. With time, high pressure is signalled to become rather more dominant with more in the way dry, settled weather anticipated. With this, temperatures will probably lower a little compared to recent weeks, closer to or perhaps a little below average for some. Overnight frost and fog or freezing fog could become more widespread, though any particularly cold conditions look unlikely at this stage.

High pressure will probably be close by to the UK at the start of this period, which would maintain a fair amount of dry, settled weather. With this comes the potential for fog and frost, and lower temperatures overall, though nothing unusually cold is currently signalled. Towards mid-January, perhaps a greater chance of more changeable conditions re-asserting themselves, though this is rather uncertain at present.