Meall Buidhe (Highland) weather

Headline:

Cloudy, rain east at first otherwise dry with bright spells.

Today:

Cloudy with outbreaks of rain in the east but mainly dry with bright spells west in the morning. Rain spreads briefly west around midday before the afternoon turns drier and brighter. Maximum temperature 8 °C.

Tonight:

Cloudy, patchy rain in the east spreads across northern parts at times, otherwise drier with clear spells west and south. Minimum temperature 2 °C.

Sunday:

A mainly cloudy day with periods of rain at times, persistent in the northeast later. The best of any bright spells in the west and south. Maximum temperature 8 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Patchy light rain east Monday otherwise dry with bright spells and light winds until Wednesday. Strengthening southwest winds bring outbreaks of rain, some heavy, late Wednesday.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC) on Sat 9 Dec 2023

Briefly unsettled with showers and potential for a band of rain before becoming more settled later in the week as high pressure affects southern areas, though remaining in a more wet and windy regime in the north. As such, the wettest weather likely across western high ground, mainly in Scotland and occasionally parts of Northern Ireland and northwest England. Settled conditions in the south with average temperatures and cloudy at times with patchy light rain near coasts and over hills. Clearer spells favouring the southeast but these also allowing potential for fog or frost overnight. The following week sees potential for high pressure to shift allowing a return to unsettled conditions but average to mild temperatures, favouring the northwest for wettest and windiest conditions.

Updated: 14:00 (UTC) on Fri 8 Dec 2023

More likely to be unsettled compared to preceding settled spell with bands of rain crossing the UK with brighter conditions and showers in between. The wettest and windiest conditions are most likely in the west and northwest. The chance of a colder spell of weather, with hazards such as snow and ice, does increase later in December and into the New Year period. However, conditions are more likely to remain generally mild and wet.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC) on Fri 8 Dec 2023