Na Gruagaichean (Highland) weather

Headline:

Sunny intervals and showers on Tuesday, wintry on hills.

This Evening and Tonight:

The southern Great Glen, Lochaber and Skye largely dry with long clear spells. Elsewhere clear spells and showers, wintry on hills. Risk of icy patches away from windward coasts. Minimum temperature -1 °C.

Tuesday:

Rather cloudy through the morning with frequent showers, wintry on hills, the showers easing a little through the afternoon with, especially in south, more in the way of sunny spells. Maximum temperature 7 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Remaining cold with sunny spells and, especially in the north and east, showers, wintry on hills. Widespread overnight frosts away from coasts exposed to the northerly or northeasterly winds.

The weekend will continue on a cool theme, but with the high pressure to the north becoming more dominant it should lead to a reduction in shower activity seen on previous days. So there should be a good deal of dry weather with plenty of sunshine by day, but still some noticeably chilly nights with frost fairly widespread. The odd fog patch is possible in the north, and a brisk breeze across the south will make it feel notably chilly here on Saturday. Next week is likely to see a gradual transition to less settled conditions as the high likely withdraws to the east. So rain or showers at times, mostly focussed across the south, the north perhaps staying largely dry and it is also likely to become much milder.

Confidence is low, but through the remainder of March changeable weather patterns are most likely. This means periods of unsettled, wet and windy weather interspersed with some drier and brighter spells. Into early April, there may be a transition to more-frequent drier and more settled spells. Temperatures will probably be above average overall.