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A cold and wintry spell is on the way
There’s a major change in the weather from this weekend, as an early winter cold spell arrives bringing the potential for disruption for some next week.
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Highlands & Eilean Siar weather forecast
Headline:
Cloudy. Patchy drizzle west. Dry east. Heavy rain later. Windy.
Today:
Cloudy again throughout the day. Mainly dry in the east but patchy drizzle in the west. Spell of heavy rain pushes south through the afternoon with strong southwesterly veering westerly winds. Maximum temperature 12 °C.
Tonight:
Heavy rain soon clears south, leaving clear spells and scattered blustery showers. Winds remain strong with coastal gales in the north and west. Minimum temperature 2 °C.
Saturday:
Bright spells and scattered showers through the morning, becoming more frequent through the afternoon and evening. Strong west to northwest winds. Feeling colder. Maximum temperature 7 °C.
Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:
Staying cold with blustery showers, wintry on high ground at first, likely to lower levels from Sunday evening. Strong west then northerly winds.
Updated:
UK long range weather forecast
Cold or very cold conditions are likely to affect most if not all parts of the UK early in this period, with wintry showers affecting in particular northern parts and exposed coastal districts. Overnight frost will likely be widespread and occasionally strong winds will result in significant wind chill. However, there may be more organised areas of rain and snow, accompanied by strong winds, which run across some parts. This could lead to some disruptive weather at times, especially at the start of this period. Briefly milder conditions may accompany these in the south. There is a hint that it may become less cold late in the period, but still likely remain mostly unsettled with further spells of rain and snow.
Updated:
Signals vary in prevailing weather patterns through this period. In general, there looks like a trend towards drier and more settled conditions, with high pressure potentially being the more dominant influence over the UK. However. there is a chance of more changeable weather patterns at times, 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. Temperatures trending closer to average, especially in the south.
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