Highlands & Eilean Siar

Headline:

Bright spells and showers.

Today:

Early rain possible through Lochaber and Speyside, this clearing south during the morning. Otherwise bright with occasional sunny spells and a scattering of showers. Breezy at first across the north. Maximum temperature 19 °C.

Tonight:

Cloudy or partly cloudy during this evening and overnight. The showers well scattered at first, becoming more widespread and heavy around the west coast later in the night. Minimum temperature 6 °C.

Thursday:

Heavy showers, these merging at times with the risk of the odd thunderstorm leading to surface water. Becoming drier and brighter from the west later. Maximum temperature 16 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Bright spells and occasional heavy showers on Friday. The showers lighter and well scattered on Saturday and Sunday with more in the way of sunshine.

It will probably become more changeable for a time at least at the start of this period. This means there is a greater chance of some rain or showers for areas of the UK which have seen prolonged dry weather, although rainfall amounts are likely to be fairly modest. Just a low chance of a deeper area of low pressure which would bring more widespread and heavier rain along with some strong winds. Beyond that it will likely become mostly dry once again as we head toward mid-August. Temperatures closer to average, still the potential for some warmer interludes, especially in the south, although perhaps not the heat we have seen in recent weeks.

Dry and settled conditions will probably dominate much of this period with high pressure patterns tending to affect the UK. This may be interrupted at times by Atlantic frontal systems, especially in the north, or thunderstorms in the south. However, overall rainfall amounts will likely be below normal. Temperatures will probably be above normal and some spells of hot weather and heatwaves are possible, especially in the south.