Highlands & Eilean Siar

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Showers easing tonight. Cloudy, wet and breezy on Thursday.

This Evening and Tonight:

Heavy and perhaps thundery showers at first this evening with some clear spells. Showers easing overnight with clear spells, but low cloud and rain spreading into the south around dawn. Minimum temperature 5 °C.

Thursday:

A cloudy day with outbreaks of rain spreading north to all parts through the day. Breezy around western coasts. Maximum temperature 15 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Mostly cloudy and windy with showers on Friday and Saturday, showers may be heavy at times. A dry day on Sunday with some long spells of sunshine developing.

Fine and dry across much of the UK for the first couple of days of this period with long spells of sunshine for most. Temperatures are likely to be above normal and parts of the south could be very warm for a time. Just a chance of some thunderstorms, more likely toward the southwest. A more unsettled spell is likely through the middle of next week with outbreaks of rain the north and northwest, some of which could spread to parts of the south and southeast at times. After this, high pressure will probably become more dominant with conditions turning widely dry and settled, and probably very warm for many.

High pressure is expected to lie close to the UK at the start of this period, bringing settled and mainly dry conditions. Temperatures will likely be above normal, with potential for hot conditions to develop, especially in the south. Into July, weakening of the high pressure may bring an increasing chance of more unsettled weather and thunderstorms, especially in the south.