Alness (Highland) weather

Headline:

Blustery showers spreading south on Thursday with strong coastal winds.

Today:

Blustery showers will spread southwards through the day with these most frequent in the north and over the Western Isles. Further south and east showers more isolated with longer bright spells. Showers may be wintry. Strong winds around the coast. Maximum temperature 8 °C.

Tonight:

Showers will continue to spread south and east overnight, wintry over high ground. The south seeing the best of any drier and clearer spells. Strong winds easing and turning westerly. Minimum temperature 1 °C.

Friday:

A mostly cloudy day with some bright intervals. Showers spreading east, these wintry over high ground at first. Best of any drier spells in the east. Wind strengthening later. Maximum temperature 9 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Cloudy over the weekend with showers or perhaps longer spells of rain spreading north and east. Perhaps turning drier on Monday with some brighter spells. Strong winds at times.

Following the tail end of the colder, more settled conditions seen over the weekend, a marked transition to more changeable conditions is expected at the start of the period. This will allow areas of low pressure to move in from the Atlantic and bring bands of rain and periods of windy weather. There will be some brighter, showery spells in-between however, particularly in the north. Overall, this period is likely to be wetter than average for the majority of the country. And whilst colder conditions will be possible at times, it will often be mild, with temperatures near or a little above average for the time of year.

Changeable or unsettled conditions are expected initially, with Atlantic weather systems bringing spells of rain and strong winds at times, interspersed with brighter, showery periods. Through late-November, low pressure may become slower-moving to the west of the UK, potentially bringing more prolonged rainfall, particularly to southern and western areas, along with a continued risk of strong winds. Into December, confidence becomes low, but there is a possibility that low pressure tracks shift further south as high pressure builds to the north. This could bring further rain at times to central and southern areas, while northern parts become somewhat drier. Temperatures will probably be near or slightly above average in the south, with an increasing chance of colder conditions extending southwards from the north into December.