Stonehaven (Aberdeenshire) weather

Headline:

Patchy rain in the west Friday, east mainly dry.

This Evening and Tonight:

Staying cloudy throughout the evening and overnight period with outbreaks of light rain and drizzle. Becoming mainly dry in the east by morning. Light winds. Minimum temperature 5 °C.

Friday:

A mainly cloudy day with some patchy rain, this most likely across the west. Chance of some brightness breaking through in the east at times. Maximum temperature 9 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Bright with sunny spells on Saturday. Some rain developing through Sunday and lingering into Monday, especially across the north and west.

An erratic change from the mild and largely settled conditions of the past few days is expected. Rain, stronger winds and some snow already across Scotland may on Tuesday become more severe and start to push southwards through the middle part of next week, bringing a chance of snow to other parts of the UK, along with colder conditions more widely. A period of more settled weather then seems probable later next week, with a gradual recovery in temperatures to nearer average for the time of year, perhaps even mild. Beyond this, a fairly changeable picture is most likely although confidence in details is, as usual at this range, very low. Wettest/windiest weather in the north and west, whilst the south and east will probably remain more settled overall.

Confidence in this period is fairly low, but continuing from the previous period, there remains a chance of rather unsettled and cool conditions continuing at first, with the wettest conditions perhaps focussed more over the south (still with a risk of snow on the northern edge), with sleet and snow showers further north. Then, through the rest of January, something more climatological could return with the wettest and coolest conditions further north, and with higher pressure further south, it is more likely to be drier, and at times milder here than elsewhere.