Stac Pollaidh (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.

Showers or longer spells of rain are likely to continue at first for many parts of the country, perhaps heavy at times, but gradually over the weekend the weather is expected to become more settled. Scotland and Northern Ireland are likely to see this change first, with spells of rain perhaps slower to clear further across the south. Into the following week, high pressure is expected to become more widely established. Winds will be light and clearer skies are likely, however this does not rule out the odd shower, especially around coasts. High pressure and settled weather will result in temperatures falling to closer to average, with overnight frosts and morning fog which could be slow to clear.

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.