Thrumster (Highland) weather

Headline:

Cold and windy with wintry showers on Wednesday.

Today:

Mostly cloudy with occasional showers, these wintry at times especially over higher ground, but falling as snow to low levels later in North Highland. A few sunny interludes too. Feeling cold in the fresh to strong northwest winds. Maximum temperature 7 °C.

Tonight:

There will be a mixture of clear intervals and scattered sleet or snow showers, these mainly light but could give a slight covering in places. Windy over Caithness. Minimum temperature 0 °C.

Thursday:

A bright start, some sunshine especially east though a few wintry showers for Caithness. Clouding over from west with some light rain, turning a little heavier later in west. Maximum temperature 7 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Friday and Saturday will bring clear or sunny intervals and showers, with strong winds at times. Wet and windy for a time on Sunday then brighter with showers later.

A broadly changeable pattern will continue, at least through the first part of this period, as further frontal systems move across parts of the UK, bringing rain and stronger winds at times. Weather fronts are likely to be more active across northern areas, meaning the wettest and windiest conditions are more likely here. As they come south, often running in to a ridge of higher pressure extending from the southwest, fronts will generally weaken and rainfall amounts will be smaller. This area of high pressure is likely to become increasingly dominant through the period, with more settled conditions perhaps becoming more prevalent across the UK. In this setup, temperatures will probably pan out close to average overall, with some overnight frost where skies are clear and winds light.

High pressure will likely be more dominant at the start of this period, the centre of which transferring from somewhere west or southwest of the UK to somewhere north of the UK. As such, plenty of dry weather seems most likely, but with changes in wind direction leading to some quite marked differences in cloud amounts and temperature from day to day. Moving further into April, there is a chance that high pressure will become less dominant and thus there is a greater chance of more places seeing some rain and possible stronger winds from time to time. Overall, temperatures will likely be near to average.