Loch Hourn (Highland) weather

Headline:

Showery and breezy for Friday.

Today:

A day of frequent showers mixed between limited brighter spells. Best of shelter towards Inverness. Chance of hail and thunder, particularly around western coasts and Isles. Southwest winds strong, perhaps touching gale across the Hebrides late morning and early afternoon. Maximum temperature 9 °C.

Tonight:

Scattered showers early evening, gradually dwindling late evening and overnight, as winds ease and back to a moderate south to southwest breeze come dawn. Minimum temperature 2 °C.

Saturday:

Good brighter spells on a mainly dry day with only a few well scattered showers appearing. Winds now backed south to southeast. Maximum temperature 10 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Southeast winds persisting keeping mainly dry and occasionally sunny conditions, the best of these across the Hebrides and west Highlands.

A gradual transition to more settled conditions is expected, as high pressure builds to the north of the UK. This will bring a strengthening easterly wind over the Christmas period, making it feel noticeably colder than of late. Whilst there will be a fair amount of dry weather, a few showers will still be possible, particularly across eastern and southern parts which may be wintry in places, more especially over high ground. High pressure will likely dominate the weather in the run up to the New Year, slowly drifting to the west. This will maintain largely settled conditions, although with an increasing chance of showers later in the period. Temperatures will be below average much of the time, with frost likely where clear skies and light winds prevail.

High pressure will probably remain influential across the UK during this period. This means an increasing likelihood of dry weather compared to the winter so far. Despite the greater signal for settled weather, showers or occasional bands of rain are still possible at times, especially later in the period towards January. These could be wintry in nature. Temperatures are expected to be close to normal for the time of year.