Highlands & Eilean Siar weather

Headline:

Mainly cloudy Wednesday with showers. Turning windy.

This Evening and Tonight:

The night will stay dry but cloudy for many. Patchy rain and scattered showers will spread to the Western Isles and northern coasts towards morning. Becoming breezy in the north. Minimum temperature -3 °C.

Wednesday:

Light morning showers will be followed by a band of heavy showers and hill snow in the afternoon. Becoming breezy by the afternoon. Maximum temperature 5 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Thursday to Saturday will stay very cold with snow showers, the snow falling to low levels. Strong northerly winds will reach gale at times along the coasts.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC) on Tue 30 Dec 2025

Cold northerly winds dominant across the UK in the first week of January. These will bring wintry showers (often of snow) to many coastlines (and areas just inland of these) that are exposed to onshore winds. Day-to-day changes in wind direction will change the places most exposed to the showers, but many inland locations across central and southern areas will remain mostly dry but cold - some more coherent bands of rain, sleet and snow working south at times. Into the second week of January slightly milder conditions will attempt to move in from the west, with a risk of further snow on the leading edge of these turning to rain. Colder regime more likely to the north with average to just below average in the south.

Updated: 14:00 (UTC) on Tue 30 Dec 2025

Whilst confidence in details is low, by the start of this period the transition back to westerly winds bringing Atlantic weather systems into the UK is expected to be complete, with temperatures most likely recovering to around or just below average. There is perhaps a weak signal for slowly evolving weather patterns to be more favoured than normal, such patterns increase the chances of frost and fog above normal by night.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC) on Tue 30 Dec 2025