Alness (Highland) weather

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    7 day forecast for Alness

    Today (31 August 2025)
    Time
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
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    23:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    30%
    40%
    30%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    30%
    Temperature
    12°
    12°
    12°
    13°
    14°
    15°
    17°
    17°
    18°
    18°
    18°
    18°
    18°
    18°
    17°
    16°
    15°
    14°
    14°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    12°
    11°
    12°
    13°
    13°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    Wind direction and speed
    SW
    4
    SSE
    3
    ESE
    3
    ESE
    4
    SSE
    6
    S
    9
    S
    12
    S
    14
    S
    14
    S
    15
    S
    15
    S
    14
    SSE
    13
    SSE
    11
    SE
    10
    SE
    10
    SE
    9
    SE
    9
    ESE
    9
    Wind gust (mph)
    7
    6
    8
    14
    23
    28
    32
    34
    36
    36
    36
    34
    32
    29
    27
    27
    27
    24
    24
    Visibility
    E
    VG
    VG
    VG
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    90%
    92%
    89%
    85%
    76%
    75%
    67%
    64%
    60%
    56%
    55%
    57%
    58%
    62%
    65%
    67%
    71%
    74%
    75%
    UV - 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 - - -
    Monday (1 September 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
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    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Light shower day Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower night Light shower night Light shower night Light shower night
    Chance of precipitation
    30%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    40%
    40%
    50%
    50%
    40%
    40%
    30%
    40%
    50%
    60%
    70%
    80%
    90%
    90%
    80%
    70%
    70%
    70%
    80%
    60%
    Temperature (°C)
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    14°
    15°
    15°
    17°
    17°
    17°
    17°
    17°
    17°
    17°
    16°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    13°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    15°
    14°
    15°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    12°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    ESE
    9
    ESE
    9
    ESE
    9
    ESE
    9
    ESE
    8
    ESE
    8
    ESE
    8
    ESE
    8
    ESE
    8
    ESE
    9
    SE
    10
    SE
    12
    SSE
    13
    SSE
    13
    S
    14
    S
    14
    S
    13
    SSW
    12
    SSW
    11
    SSW
    11
    SSW
    9
    SSW
    8
    SSW
    8
    SSW
    8
    Wind gust (mph)
    25
    25
    25
    23
    22
    20
    19
    19
    23
    28
    29
    30
    31
    32
    32
    31
    31
    30
    27
    26
    25
    23
    21
    21
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    76%
    77%
    77%
    76%
    77%
    78%
    80%
    81%
    81%
    77%
    74%
    69%
    67%
    66%
    66%
    69%
    68%
    73%
    79%
    83%
    85%
    86%
    86%
    89%
    UV - - - - - - 1 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 - - -
    Tuesday (2 September 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Light shower night Light shower night Light shower night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Light shower day Light shower day Light shower night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    70%
    80%
    60%
    50%
    40%
    60%
    70%
    50%
    30%
    Temperature (°C)
    13°
    13°
    12°
    12°
    14°
    16°
    16°
    15°
    13°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    12°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    13°
    14°
    15°
    14°
    13°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SW
    8
    SW
    7
    SW
    7
    SW
    7
    SSW
    11
    SSW
    11
    SSW
    9
    SE
    6
    WNW
    4
    Wind gust (mph)
    20
    19
    17
    22
    24
    23
    18
    12
    8
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    E
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    89%
    90%
    91%
    90%
    79%
    67%
    65%
    80%
    89%
    UV - - - 1 3 4 2 1 -
    Wednesday (3 September 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Light shower day Light shower day Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    40%
    30%
    30%
    50%
    70%
    60%
    40%
    40%
    Temperature (°C)
    12°
    11°
    11°
    14°
    16°
    16°
    15°
    13°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    12°
    11°
    11°
    14°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    13°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    WNW
    4
    WNW
    3
    W
    4
    SW
    6
    WSW
    8
    WSW
    8
    SW
    7
    SW
    4
    Wind gust (mph)
    8
    7
    11
    15
    20
    19
    14
    9
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    92%
    92%
    92%
    81%
    68%
    69%
    78%
    87%
    UV - - 1 3 4 2 1 -
    Thursday (4 September 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    50%
    40%
    40%
    60%
    70%
    60%
    30%
    30%
    Temperature (°C)
    12°
    12°
    11°
    14°
    16°
    16°
    15°
    12°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    11°
    11°
    10°
    13°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    WSW
    5
    WSW
    5
    WSW
    6
    SSW
    9
    SW
    12
    SW
    11
    SW
    9
    SW
    7
    Wind gust (mph)
    10
    10
    14
    18
    20
    19
    13
    10
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    90%
    91%
    90%
    79%
    68%
    67%
    76%
    86%
    UV - - 1 2 4 2 1 -
    Friday (5 September 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    30%
    30%
    50%
    50%
    60%
    40%
    30%
    30%
    Temperature (°C)
    12°
    11°
    11°
    14°
    16°
    15°
    14°
    12°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SW
    7
    SW
    8
    SW
    9
    SW
    14
    WSW
    16
    WSW
    15
    SW
    11
    SW
    8
    Wind gust (mph)
    10
    11
    25
    30
    34
    28
    17
    10
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    87%
    86%
    86%
    75%
    65%
    67%
    76%
    87%
    UV - - 1 2 4 2 1 -
    Saturday (6 September 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    30%
    30%
    40%
    40%
    50%
    30%
    30%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    12°
    12°
    12°
    15°
    17°
    17°
    16°
    13°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    11°
    11°
    11°
    14°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    12°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSW
    6
    SSW
    6
    SSW
    6
    SSW
    9
    SSW
    12
    SSW
    11
    SSW
    8
    S
    6
    Wind gust (mph)
    9
    9
    15
    20
    22
    18
    8
    6
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    Humidity
    88%
    90%
    88%
    78%
    72%
    70%
    76%
    87%
    UV - - 1 2 4 2 1 -

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    Highlands & Eilean Siar weather forecast

    Headline:

    Showers today, heavier for the afternoon, and brighter spells.

    Today:

    A day of showers, these isolated and light for the morning, building during the afternoon with a risk of some thunderstorms, also merging to longer periods of rain across the west late afternoon. Maximum temperature 20 °C.

    Tonight:

    Showers or longer periods of rain, turning heavy at times, particularly around the southern end of the Great Glen. Winds southerly strong at times across coasts and Isles. Minimum temperature 11 °C.

    Monday:

    Showery with the risk of some thunderstorms. Outbreaks merging to longer periods of rain more readily than Sunday, again particularly across the southern end of the Great Glen. Maximum temperature 19 °C.

    Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

    Showers and brighter spells through the outlook period, with west wettest. Winds variable in direction and relatively light.

    Updated:

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