Alves (Moray) weather

Headline:

Cloudy with showers or longer outbreaks of rain, hill snow.

Today:

The day will stay cloudy with showers or longer outbreaks of rain, these will fall as snow over the hills. Conditions become drier along the Moray coast towards the evening. Maximum temperature 5 °C.

Tonight:

Cloudy with showers or longer spells of rain, hill snow, becoming mostly dry in the north and the east for a time through the middle of the night. Minimum temperature 3 °C.

Tuesday:

Cloudy with outbreaks of rain and hill snow, these becoming persistent and heavy during the afternoon. Becoming windy later. Maximum temperature 4 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Cloudy with showers or longer periods of rain at times, some heavy and falling as snow on the hills. Wednesday afternoon will see the best of any dry spells. Breezy.

Weather systems from the Atlantic will continue to attempt to push in from the west, but tending to stall in the vicinity of the UK as they encounter high pressure to the north and northeast. As a result, further spells of rain or showers as well as strong winds are expected at times. Rain may be heavy and persistent, especially in the south and west. Whilst mild conditions are expected to encroach into the south and southwest at times, cold air is likely to be positioned to the northeast, bringing wintry showers at times. Where fronts from the southwest do reach the cold air towards the northeast, there is the risk of some snow, most likely across hills, but perhaps extending to lower areas at times.

A similar theme from early February is most likely to continue as Atlantic frontal systems attempt to move across the country. With the jet stream likely further south than normal, the wettest conditions are more likely in central and southern areas. North and northwestern parts of the UK are most likely to be drier than normal. Whilst mild incursions of wet and windy weather are favoured at times in the south and west, colder conditions in the north and northeast will bring an increased risk of wintry hazards, especially where any precipitation from the southwest interacts with the cold air.