Cawdor Castle Grounds (Highland) weather

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Cold with wintry showers on Tuesday.

Today:

Sunny spells and further wintry showers, most frequent in the north and west, with some heavy snow showers bringing some travel disruption, though the showers mainly rain near north coast.. Feeling bitterly cold in the fresh or strong northerly wind. Maximum temperature 3 °C.

Tonight:

Occasional snow showers continuing this evening and tonight, bringing further snowfalls even to low levels and bringing some travel disruption. Occasionally fresh northwest winds mainly around the coasts. Minimum temperature -3 °C.

Wednesday:

Another cold day with sunshine and snow showers. These showers mostly over the Isles and Northwest Highlands, while southeast of the Great Glen will be mainly dry and sunny, Maximum temperature 2 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Staying very cold with scattered snow showers on Thursday. Thursday night and Friday dry with clear or sunny spells and severe frost. Cloudier on Saturday, patchy rain possible west coast.

High pressure is likely close to if not over the UK throughout this period, with generally settled conditions prevailing. Cloud amounts will be variable and occasionally large, but with a chance of some fog developing under clearer spells, which would be slow to clear, That said, frontal systems may affect parts of the UK at times, these more likely towards the northwest of the UK, bringing some rain and windier conditions. Any systems are likely to be fairly weak though as they run into the high pressure. Temperatures are likely to be generally around or a little above average, although southern and eastern parts may start rather cold, and it will be cold if or where fog lingers. Colder spells are also possible in the far north at times.

Slowly-evolving weather patterns are most likely at first, with high pressure often in the vicinity of the UK, although the nature of the weather we experience depends on where the high and low pressure centres are relative to the UK. Overall, it is likely to start largely dry and settled though. Temperatures will generally be close to average, perhaps a little above towards the northwest of the UK, but with an ongoing chance of frost and perhaps fog where clear skies prevail. Later in the month and more particularly into early February, there are hints that it may become more unsettled, as areas of low pressure over the Atlantic make more progress into parts of the UK.