Achininver Youth Hostel (Highland) weather

Headline:

Wet and very windy Friday afternoon and evening, stormy later.

Today:

Patchy rain dying out then mainly dry morning with some bright spells for a time. However, heavy rain and strengthening winds in association with Storm Amy spreading northeast later. Storm force winds reaching coastal Skye and Lochaber by evening. Maximum temperature 16 °C.

Tonight:

Storm force winds extending to most areas this evening, though a temporary lull possible in extreme northwest. Winds easing slightly in south ovewrnight, Blustery showers, prolonged in northwest Minimum temperature 8 °C.

Saturday:

Very windy on Saturday with gale or severe gales, storm force in far north. force winds with rain or blustery showers. Blustery showers, prolonged in northwest. Maximum temperature 13 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Bright start Sunday then cloudy with patchy rain, winds easing. Cloudy Monday and Tuesday with some rain, heaviest in West Highlands.

A broadly westerly pattern to start, allowing maintain relatively mild conditions, especially by night, and with frontal systems moving in from the Atlantic. These will bring further spells of rain or drizzle and strong winds at times, these more likely affecting northern and western areas, and especially windward high ground. Eastern areas generally look drier. By the following weekend (11/12 October), there is a signal for pressure to build to the west or southwest of the UK, whilst low pressure becomes more prevalent to the east. This means the bulk of the wet and at times windy weather could shift to affect more eastern areas, with the best of the dry weather towards west or southwest. Within this pattern, there is the possibility of slightly cooler conditions developing.

The latter half of October will probably see a transition to more widely unsettled conditions once more. Whether this takes the form of successive depressions moving in from the Atlantic or a rather slower evolving weather pattern remains to be seen, but there is a greater chance of more places seeing more frequent spells of rain or showers and possibly strong winds. Temperatures probably close to average overall.