St. Andrews (Fife) weather

Headline:

Mainly dry with long sunny spells

Today:

A few early wintry showers across Angus, but generally a dry day with some long spells of sunshine around. Occasionally fresh northwesterly winds soon easing. Maximum temperature 4 °C.

Tonight:

Dry and clear this evening with a widespread, locally severe, frost developing. Remaining dry overnight but increasing cloud and a freshening southeasterly breeze means temperatures start to rise. Minimum temperature -7 °C.

Saturday:

Mostly cloudy with occasionally heavy rain, preceded, especially Angus and Perthshire hills, for a time by snow with blizzard conditions. Occasional southeasterly gales, severe near coasts, developing. Becoming milder. Maximum temperature 8 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Unsettled but milder with showers or, especially in the west, some longer spells of rain. Occasionally strong southerly or southwesterly winds with coastal gales, easing a little through Tuesday.

An unsettled start, with rain or showers in places, and perhaps also some strong winds for a time. Temperatures back towards average for most places, but still mild in the southeast. High pressure is likely to build for a time, particularly across northern areas, bringing an increased risk of some fog and frost. However, this is likely to migrate eastwards during the second half of next week, potentially allowing some outbreaks of rain to move into some western and perhaps southern areas. Into December, and while signals are mixed it looks most likely that high pressure may re-assert itself close to or over the UK, with temperatures generally near average, but some overnight frost is likely, and rather cold by day where any fog persists.

The start of this period looks like being largely settled, with high pressure close to if not over the UK. However. there is also a chance of more changeable weather patterns, which would see Atlantic weather systems periodically move across the country. These will bring some wetter and windier interludes with a risk of some snow, especially for hills in the north. These conditions look more likely to dominate towards the middle of December. Temperatures generally close to average through the period.