Ben Nevis (Highland) weather

Headline:

Cold with showers, these mainly wintry over mainland.

This Evening and Tonight:

Wintry showers, frequent in north, easing in central and south overnight as the north to northwest winds ease light, allowing a deep frost to develop for many come dawn. Minimum temperature -4 °C.

Monday:

Frosty start. Wintry showers in north. Best of early weak sunshine in south, but here cloud building for afternoon. Maximum temperature 4 °C.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

The wintry pattern looks set to hold through the outlook period with brisk northerly winds bringing wintry showers, frequent in the north, and turning heavy at times.

Cold or very cold conditions are expected across most if not all parts of the UK early in this period, with wintry showers affecting in particular northern parts and exposed coastal districts, although it may well be largely sunny. Into the weekend likely turning to more wet and windy conditions with some snowfall on the leading edge of this. Into the following week possibly cooler again though wintry conditions mostly limited to northern hills with a potential for more organised areas of rain, snow and strong winds at times, this probably also associated with milder temperatures, at least in the south. Later in the period, conditions remain uncertain, but some indications for a further more settled spell around the turn of the month.

Signals vary in prevailing weather patterns through early December. 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 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. Temperatures generally close to average, perhaps a little above at times, especially in the south.