Highlands & Eilean Siar

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Bright spells and showers on Wednesday.

This Evening and Tonight:

Scattered to frequent blustery showers feed in from the west through the evening and overnight, these showers heavy at times. Chance of frost developing in places later in the night. Minimum temperature 3 °C.

Wednesday:

It will be quite cool with bright or sunny spells and scattered heavy showers. Chance of overnight frost in places. Maximum temperature 11 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Rather cold and unsettled Thursday with scattered heavy showers, chance of overnight frost. Mostly dry on Friday with sunny spells. Dry, bright start Saturday, chance of rain from west later.

Changeable and at times rather unsettled conditions look to dominate at first, with low pressure often close by. This means periods of rain or showers, some of which could be heavy, for many places, though some drier interludes are also expected. As this period progresses, high pressure is likely to begin to build from the south bringing more in the way of settled weather. Temperatures likely cooler than average to begin, but tending to recover as the period progresses, perhaps becoming rather warm by the end of the period, especially in the south.

Patterns which bring more settled weather are more likely to dominate towards the end of May. Whilst further rain and showers are possible at times, there is likely to be longer spells of fine and dry weather. Into June, more mixed conditions are likely with spells of rain and showers, but also some drier weather at times. Temperatures are most likely to be near or slightly above average overall, with some warm weather possible at times.