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Rain Thursday evening. Bright spells and blustery showers Friday.

This Evening and Tonight:

Cloudy start with further rain this evening, quite heavy in West Highlands. Clearer weather with showers reaching the northwest by midnight and all areas by morning. Windy. Minimum temperature 4 °C.

Friday:

A bright day with a mixture of sunny intervals and occasional showers, most frequent in west, some heavy. Strong and gusty southwesterly winds. Maximum temperature 9 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Sunny intervals and showers Saturday, some wintry at first, with strong winds at times. Windy with some rain for a time on Sunday then brighter with showers later. Drier Monday.

High pressure to the southwest of the UK, with weather fronts rounding the high to affect northern parts at times, is likely the dominant patter through this period. Wetter and windier weather can be expected in the north, while further south, drier and more settled conditions are more likely. There is a chance of deeper lows moving across the UK at times, bringing wetter and windier weather more widely. Later in the period, high pressure may spread across much of the UK leading to more widespread settled conditions. Whilst temperatures will be generally near to or a little above average, some colder interludes are possible, especially in the north, where there could be some wintry showers at times.

High pressure will likely be dominant at the start of this period. As such, plenty of dry weather seems most likely, although changes in wind direction could lead to quite marked differences in cloud amounts and temperature from day to day. There may however be some wetter and windier interludes at times, these being more likely in the north. There is a chance that high pressure becomes less dominant later into April, increasing the probability of more places seeing some rain and possible stronger winds from time to time. Overall, temperatures will likely be near to or a little above average.