Pitlochry (Perth and Kinross) weather

Headline:

Mainly dry and cold with bright spells on Wednesday.

Today:

Mainly dry and cold with bright spells but generally cloudy, with the odd wintry shower possible over Tayside and Angus. Light winds and a sharp frost in places at first but southeasterly winds will gradually freshen. Maximum temperature 5 °C.

Tonight:

Staying generally cloudy but dry through the night and some clear spells will develop. Winds will ease allowing a sharp frost in some spots. Minimum temperature -2 °C.

Thursday:

Cold, frosty start with light winds, then mostly dry and bright, with some sunny spells. Winds becoming southwesterly and increasing a little, with perhaps the odd shower developing over Perthshire. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Milder on Friday with strong southwest winds pushing rain in from west. Dry and bright Saturday and less windy, but rain later. Windier Sunday with bright spells and scattered showers.

Quite changeable as Atlantic frontal systems track near or across the UK at times, bringing spells of rain, heaviest and most prolonged over high ground in the west and/or northwest, with comparatively small accumulations in more sheltered eastern and southeastern areas. It will often be quite breezy or windy, the strongest winds typically in the west or northwest. With a west or southwesterly flow tending to dominate, temperatures will likely be near or above average much of the time, especially over this weekend with some very mild conditions expected before a gradual downward trend through the final week of February back closer to average.

Confidence is rather low through this period with regards to the weather patterns affecting the UK. The most likely outcome is a continuation of rather changeable conditions, with low pressure systems tending to pass close to or to the northwest of the UK, bringing occasional spells of wet and windy weather, especially in the north west. High pressure to the south may build across the UK at times to bring some drier, quieter interludes, this probably most frequent in the south and east. Temperatures are likely to be near or slightly above average for the period as a whole, though some relatively short-lived interludes of colder conditions remain possible.