Banchory (Aberdeenshire) weather

Headline:

Cloudy with patchy rain Sunday morning, brighter in afternoon

Today:

Cloudy start with patchy rain, but clearing in eth morning and becoming brighter. Some sunny spells in the afternoon, but with a scattering of showers, these mainly to west of Bal later and Huntly. Moderate southwest winds turning westerly. Maximum temperature 13 °C.

Tonight:

Showers dying away in the evening then dry with long clear spells and mainly light winds, allowing a frost to develop, but becoming cloudier later in the night, Minimum temperature -1 °C.

Monday:

A frosty start for some and a colder day, but generally cloudy with cloud thickening to bring outbreaks of rain from the west through the afternoon with stronger southerly winds. Maximum temperature 7 °C.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Rain clearing to scattered showers Tuesday morning with strong westerly winds, Colder Wednesday with northwest winds and showers becoming wintry down to low levels. Less windy Thursday and drier, brighter

Still rather changeable at the start of this period, with further frontal systems moving across the UK, bringing rain and stronger winds at times. Through late March, high pressure is likely to be located to the southwest of UK, with a predominantly westerly or northwesterly airstream in place. Further weather fronts are likely to round this high, bringing occasional rain to the north and perhaps east of the country, whereas areas further southwest stand a better chance of being drier. In this setup, temperatures will probably pan out close to average overall, with some overnight frost where skies are clear and winds light. Into early April and high pressure may become rather more dominant, with many areas seeing dry, settled conditions.

High pressure may be in charge during the first few days of this period, the centre of which transferring from somewhere west of the UK to somewhere to the north or northeast 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 an increasing 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 panning out somewhere near to average.