Ellon (Aberdeenshire) weather

Headline:

Windy and cloudy on Friday. with periods of heavy rain.

Today:

Cloudy and feeling cold as north to northeasterly winds strengthen, with gales developing around the northeast. Showers merging to longer spells of rain in the morning and becoming heavy and persistent in the northeast, leading to localised flooding, Maximum temperature 12 °C.

Tonight:

Rain gradually moving away eastwards in the evening, leaving showers across the region overnight, but becoming mostly dry with clear spells in the south. Staying windy but turning more northwesterly. Minimum temperature 3 °C.

Saturday:

Cold and generally windy with showers, these wintry on the hills. Some bright or perhaps sunny interludes between showers, but mostly in the south and southwest. Maximum temperature 8 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Showers clearing Sunday morning as winds ease, but rain later in day. Turning to showers Monday with colder northerly winds again. Lighter winds Tuesday, but showery rain spreading from west.

Vortex - A changeable start to the period with bands of rain from the Atlantic moving across the country at times. The wettest and windiest conditions are likely to be across the northwest with some decent drier interludes across the south and east. Around the turn of the month or into early November, wetter and windier conditions across the north and west are likely to extend more widely across the country. It is somewhat uncertain when this will occur with high pressure attempting to persist across the southeast maintaining more settled conditions here. Temperatures will be a little below average at the start of the period, likely trending upwards with potential for a mild spell around the turn of the month.

Vortex - Unsettled conditions are most likely during early November with showers or longer spells of rain across all areas at times along with spells of strong winds. Temperatures through this period are overall likely to be around or above average with any colder spells short-lived between weather systems. Into mid-November, while there is an increased chance of more settled spells, the likelihood of whether settled or unsettled conditions are more prevalent are reasonably balanced.