Cona Mheall (Highland) weather

Headline:

Brighter spells and scattered showers for today.

Today:

A much more settled days weather ahead with only scattered showers mixed with brighter spells. The majority of the showers will appear across western areas, with Inverness enjoying best of shelter. Southwest winds fresh to strong across western coasts, Isles. Maximum temperature 7 °C.

Tonight:

Showers generally confined to the western Isles and western Highlands. Clear spells and light winds towards Inverness bringing a chance of a frost come dawn. Minimum temperature 1 °C.

Tuesday:

Another day of brighter spells and showers. This time outbreaks few and far between for the morning, before building mid to late afternoon. Southwest winds fresh to strong in west. Maximum temperature 7 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Wednesday cloudy and windy with periods of occasionally heavy rain. Thursday and Friday brings blustery showers, these heavy at times.

Showers or longer spells of rain are likely to continue at first for many parts of the country, perhaps heavy at times, but gradually over the weekend the weather is expected to become more settled. Scotland and Northern Ireland are likely to see this change first, with spells of rain perhaps slower to clear further across the south. Into the following week, high pressure is expected to become more widely established. Winds will be light and clearer skies are likely, however this does not rule out the odd shower, especially around coasts. High pressure and settled weather will result in temperatures falling to closer to average, with overnight frosts and morning fog which could be slow to clear.

High pressure will probably remain influential across the UK during this period. This means an increasing likelihood of dry weather compared to the winter so far. Despite the greater signal for settled weather, showers or occasional bands of rain are still possible at times, especially later in the period towards January. These could be wintry in nature. Temperatures are expected to be close to normal for the time of year.