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Dry with some sunshine today. Northeast coast cloudier.

Today:

All parts will have a dry day. Cloud will lift and break through the morning to give some sunshine this afternoon, although cloud may linger along Moray Firth coastal areas. Maximum temperature 14 °C.

Tonight:

Dry this evening with some late sunshine in most places. Then staying dry overnight but cloud will spread inland from the east. Skye and Lochaber staying mostly clear. Patchy frost. Minimum temperature 4 °C.

Wednesday:

A dry day. Overnight cloud will gradually lift and break to allow some sunny intervals by afternoon. Best of the sunshine across Skye and Lochaber. Warm in the southwest. Maximum temperature 16 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Staying dry with plenty of sunshine once any overnight cloud has cleared. Warm in the sunshine. Light winds.

High pressure is likely to be centred close to or across the UK through much of this period, so many places will be largely dry with clear or sunny periods. Some showery rain may affect northern and western parts this weekend though. Colder air will also try to push into the country from the north this weekend but will probably only briefly make limited progress into the northeast, where it could bring a short-lived showery interlude, some of these wintry. Winds will be mostly light, but briefly stronger in the northeast as the colder air tries to come south. Temperatures will probably be near or slightly above normal for many, but with a risk of colder conditions affecting the north or more especially the northeast this weekend.

Slowly evolving weather patterns are probable through this period. Within this, high pressure is more likely than not to be located somewhere to the north or northwest with low pressure closer to southern and possibly eastern areas. The orientation of and proximity to the UK of each of these features will be key to regional weather on a day-to-day basis. However, on balance, northern and some western areas are likely be drier, with southern and possibly some eastern parts seeing more in the way of rain or showers. Overall, temperatures probably close to or a little above average, though scope for some cold nights with late season frost, especially in the north.