Beinn Eighe (Highland) weather

Headline:

Cold again Sunday with frequent snow showers and strong winds.

Today:

Another very cold day with frequent and heavy snow showers, which may be thundery over the far north. The best of any sunshine across Lochaber and the Great Glen. Strong northerly winds around northern coasts and high ground. Maximum temperature 1 °C.

Tonight:

Further snow showers especially over North Highland and the Western Isles, fewer towards the Great Glen. Another very cold night. Minimum temperature -4 °C.

Monday:

Snow showers, heavy in the morning, becoming more confined to Caithness Sutherland and the west coast in the afternoon, with the Great Glen and most of Lochaber dry and sunny. Maximum temperature 2 °C.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

A changeable and mostly cold period with occasional bands of snow, though turning to rain at times on lower ground as less cold air tries to push in from west.

Rather changeable, as Atlantic frontal systems attempt to cross the UK from the west to bring occasional outbreaks of rain, but preceded by snow in some areas, more especially central, northern and eastern parts of the UK, perhaps giving some significant snow accumulations in places, particularly on northern hills. These low pressure systems, whilst could bring some periods of strong winds, will be interspersed with quieter, drier interludes under transient ridges of high pressure with the potential for frost, and wintry showers along coasts exposed to northerly winds. A continuation of this general pattern is favoured into the following week, although perhaps with temperatures trending closer to average such that the frequency of wintry hazards, especially in the south, may reduce slightly.

The outlook through the second half of January is very uncertain, with no strong indication for any particular weather pattern to dominate. As such, conditions are most likely to be changeable. Spells of wet, windy and mild weather are possible at times, along with colder, drier interludes with overnight frost and fog. Snow and ice remain possible, especially in central and northern parts of the UK, but the chance of these is lower than earlier in the month.