Bridge of Dye (Aberdeenshire) weather

Headline:

Cloudy with rain and hill snow on Friday.

This Evening and Tonight:

Remaining cloudy through the evening and overnight with outbreaks of rain and hill snow. Rain may turn more wintry to lower levels for a time overnight. Windy around the coasts. Minimum temperature 1 °C.

Friday:

Cloudy with rain and hill snow, which will be heavy at times, especially in the afternoon. Best of any drier and brighter spells in Moray. Windy, especially near coasts. Maximum temperature 5 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Little change with cloudy conditions and outbreaks of rain and hill snow continuing. Some drier and brighter spells are possible at times. Winds falling light through Saturday.

Largely unsettled weather is expected to begin, bringing showers or longer spells of rain for many places. It may also be rather windy at times, especially towards the south west. Towards the northeast, colder conditions will remain nearby, with the risk of colder air pushing further south west at times, increasing the chance of snowfall. Although snow is more likely over high ground, some snow to lower levels could not be ruled out. Temperatures will be close to average for most, but perhaps rather cold in the northeast. An often brisk wind will accentuate the colder feel too, especially for coastal districts. As we move through the forecast, confidence lowers between whether milder air from the south west will dominate or colder air from the east moves more bodily in.

Something of a north-south split seems quite likely at first, with low pressure to the south and high pressure to the north, before a potential change back to more of a southwest-northeast split. With the jet stream likely further south than normal, the wettest conditions are more likely towards the south. Northwestern parts of the UK are most likely to be drier than normal. Whilst incursions of wet, windy and milder weather are favoured at times in the south and later the west, colder conditions further north will bring an increased risk of wintry hazards, especially where any precipitation from the southwest interacts with the cold air. The colder conditions may affect all parts at times, more especially early in this period.