Lochside (Aberdeenshire) weather

Headline:

Dry, mild and breezy with sunny spells.

Today:

It will be a dry day with a rather cloudy start then some good sunny spells developing by afternoon. Another mild day with fresh southwesterly winds. Maximum temperature 13 °C.

Tonight:

Staying dry with clear periods although cloudier skies will edge in from the southwest overnight. Turning chilly where skies remain clear. Minimum temperature 2 °C.

Thursday:

Another dry day with clouds breaking to give some sunshine. A chilly start, then mild again with fresh southwest winds. Maximum temperature 12 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Very little change taking place. Staying mild and mostly dry with sunny spells. Fresh south or southwest winds.

This period is expected to see a transition, possibly lasting over several days, between the settled, dry, and often dull conditions expected over the next few days, to something more unsettled. Sunday itself is likely to be rather cloudy and cool, with outbreaks of rain in the west drifting slowly eastwards. The start of the following week will most likely see more settled conditions with light winds becoming re-established, with a chance of rain in both the far north and the far south, and a smaller chance that the rain could become more widespread. Later in the week, periods of much wetter and windier weather will most likely become more prevalent, from northwest to southeast, alternatively there is a very small chance of colder, drier, but perhaps wintry, easterly winds.

A dominant flow from the Atlantic looks likely through this period, resulting in an unsettled, milder and windier than average period. This is likely to result in areas of rain and periods of stronger winds affecting most if not all parts of the UK at times, though with the wettest and windiest weather probably occurring towards the north and west. However, the potential for brief colder spells with associated frost, ice and snow remains, following any deep lows crossing the region.