Aberchirder (Aberdeenshire) weather

Headline:

Breezy with scattered wintry showers.

Today:

The day will stay mostly cloudy with scattered showers and a fresh northerly wind. These showers will be wintry above 200-300m. The best of any bright spells will be found in the south. Maximum temperature 5 °C.

Tonight:

Scattered wintry showers and a fresh northerly wind in the evening will ease from the late evening when the showers clear back to the Moray and north Aberdeenshire coasts. Minimum temperature -4 °C.

Tuesday:

Isolated wintry showers over northern coasts become frequent in the morning. Southern parts start dry then rain spreads east, falling as sleet to low levels and snow over higher ground. Maximum temperature 5 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Snow showers on Wednesday will continue into Thursday evening with the night becoming dry. After a dry and sunny day, snow will spread to western parts late Friday.

A widespread and in places sharp frost to begin Friday. Then a transition during the day to less cold and more generally unsettled conditions as Atlantic weather fronts make inroads into the UK. These will bring spells of rain potentially quite widely, though the wettest conditions through the latter part of November may occur across more southern areas. There is also the potential for some windy weather to develop at times, again this perhaps more likely further to the south. Compared to the preceding few days, a reduced likelihood of snowfall, though some upland snow remains possible in the north. Temperatures probably returning closer to average, generally speaking, for late November, and perhaps becoming mild at times in the south.

Whilst there is a lot of uncertainty as to the flavour of weather affecting the UK into December, there is a greater chance than normal of slower evolving weather patterns. A mixture of weather types seems most likely and so some wetter days, with widespread rain or showers and the chance of snow, mainly for higher ground in the north. Equally some drier periods are also anticipated, increasing the possibility of some frosty nights and fog. Overall, temperatures close to average are most likely, but some colder spells are also possible, especially if any prolonged settled spells develop.