Ben Alder weather

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Sunny intervals and showers.

Today:

Bright with sunny spells and a few showers, some still quite heavy in Lochaber and Speyside. The best of the sunshine likely across the Western Isles. Maximum temperature 20 °C.

Tonight:

Still the odd shower lingering across East Highland, while haar will develop across Caithness and East Sutherland. The west will stay dry with some clear periods. Minimum temperature 10 °C.

Saturday:

A dull misty start in the northeast, with the odd shower, otherwise a bright and mainly dry day with some good spells of sunshine. Maximum temperature 21 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Sunshine and a few showers Sunday, rain later. Rain, heavy in west, on Monday and at first Tuesday, then brightening especially in east when becoming very warm.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 19 Jul 2019

This period will tend to see a northwest to southeast split in the weather across the UK, with northwestern parts experiencing spells of rain, which could be heavy at times, as well as some periods of strong wind bringing a risk of coastal gales. By contrast, southern and southeastern parts of the UK should see much drier and warmer weather, which could be hot and rather humid at times, especially in the first half of the next week. Thunderstorms could develop as any hot, settled weather breaks down from the west. Beyond that, the forecast is more uncertain, but overall the northwest to southeast split will most probably continue. The south and southeast are likely to see some rain but it will be less frequent than in the northwest.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 19 Jul 2019

As we move into early August, the final month of the meteorological summer, confidence is low in the forecast with no one single weather pattern looking to dominate. As is often the case in summer, this could well mean plenty of fine, dry weather, interspersed with occasional rain or thundery outbreaks, leading to marked local variations in rainfall. Temperatures are likely to be above average, perhaps more especially in the south and west.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 19 Jul 2019