Cuminestown (Aberdeenshire) weather

Headline:

Mainly dry and cold today, rain and hill snow later.

Today:

A cold start with some frost and icy patches. Otherwise dry for most of the day before thickening cloud brings outbreaks of rain and hill snow from mid-afternoon. Maximum temperature 5 °C.

Tonight:

Rain, hill snow will clear away this evening then dry for a time with patchy frost and ice. Rain and snow will extend north later. Windy later, east coast gales. Minimum temperature -2 °C.

Friday:

Rain and snow soon clearing away. Then cloudy with showers or longer spells of rain in the south, mainly dry in north. Very windy with gales or severe gales. Cold. Maximum temperature 5 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Cold and breezy on Saturday scattered wintry showers, these mainly in the west. Mainly dry Sunday, patchy rain and hill snow later. Scattered showers on Monday.

This looks like being and unsettled period across much of the country, but especially for northern and western parts. During Monday, another deep area of low pressure looks likely to move across the UK from the Atlantic, bringing wet and windy conditions to most if not all parts. Further spells of wet and windy weather look like moving east from the Atlantic to affect the UK during the rest of the period too, with drier, brighter spells in between. There is the potential for further weather warnings or even a named storm at some point. Temperatures overall are likely to end up being around or slightly above average, though wind and rain will make it feel chilly, and brief cool spells with some overnight frost are likely between weather systems.

Generally mild at first, with periods of rain, showers and strong winds alternating with short-lived brighter and cooler interludes. These may become increasingly confined to northern parts during this period though, with pressure possibly building across southern areas in particular. This would result in longer drier and more-settled spells here, albeit with an increased chance of overnight fog and frost and temperatures falling a little correspondingly.