Nairn (Highland) weather

Headline:

Windy with showers in west, mainly dry in east Tuesday.

This Evening and Tonight:

A dry and bright evening then most parts staying dry with clear spells overnight. Breezy in the far west with outbreaks of rain arriving later. Minimum temperature 10 °C.

Tuesday:

Cloudy in the west with showers or longer outbreaks of rain. Drier with bright spells in the east and a few showers. Breezy, strong southwesterly winds in the far northwest. Maximum temperature 20 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Rather cloudy in the west with showers or occasional longer outbreaks of rain. Drier and brighter spells, the best of these around Inverness and the east.

A mobile westerly pattern is expected to continue over the weekend and into next week. Low pressure systems will track eastwards, probably near to the north of Scotland, with associated frontal zones periodically moving east over the country. This means cloud and rain will move in from the west at times, occasionally accompanied by breezy conditions and the possibility of unseasonably windy spells. Either side of weather fronts there will be spells of sunny or clear weather. Most of the wet weather will tend to be focused in the west and northwest, with longer drier spells further south and east. Temperatures overall will be close to average for August. There is just a chance of short-lived very warm conditions returning to parts of the south and east at times.

By the end of August and into September, the ongoing westerly regime looks most likely to continue, with low pressure often centred near or to the north of Scotland. This allowing occasional spells of cloud and rain to spread east or southeastwards across the UK. Rain or showers will tend to be most frequent in the northwest, where it may be rather windy at times, with drier and warmer weather more likely towards the south and east. There remains a chance of thundery conditions spreading in from the nearby continent at times. Temperatures will be close to average overall, perhaps slightly below in the case of any unsettled days, but short, hot spells remain possible in the south and east.