Alford (Aberdeenshire) weather

Headline:

Mainly dry with sunny spells, showers north and west later.

Today:

The morning will begin dry with sunny periods. Cloud will increase from the west and north during the morning with showers spreading to Moray and the northern coast from late afternoon. Maximum temperature 17 °C.

Tonight:

Cloudy with clear spells and scattered showers in the west and north during the evening. Clear spells increase as showers die from late evening. Cloud spreads north towards morning. Minimum temperature 7 °C.

Wednesday:

After a cloudy but dry start, patchy rain will spread northeast but will clear again from late afternoon. Maximum temperature 16 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Cloudy with bright spells but mostly dry with only the chance of an odd shower Thursday to early Saturday. Showers become scattered later Saturday.

It is likely to be fairly unsettled at first, with areas of rain or showers, most widespread across central, southern and eastern areas, perhaps accompanied by some strong winds. Into next week, a northwest-southeast split is most likely, with some further rain or showers in southern and eastern areas, closest to an area of low pressure, whilst the best chance of longer, drier spells will be towards the north and northwest, where some patchy fog and rural frost are possible. It will also turn colder, as a northerly flow becomes established for a time. Later in the period, more widely drier and settled conditions could develop as high pressure becomes slightly more influential, although probably still with a few coastal showers. Temperatures should gradually return closer to average.

Signals for prevailing weather patterns become fairly limited by the turn of the month and the early part of October. As is typical at this time of year, there are likely to be some spells of wet and windy weather along with some drier interludes but no strong preference to whether settled or unsettled regimes will be most dominant. Overall, northwestern parts are more likely to be wettest and windiest. Temperatures likely fluctuating around average.