Ratagan Youth Hostel (Highland) weather

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Mainly cloudy with outbreaks of rain. Rather warm.

Today:

Rather cloudy with outbreaks of rain moving northwards. Also some drier and brighter spells, especially in the northwest. Feeling very mild, even quite warm. Brisk southeasterly winds easing. Maximum temperature 16 °C.

Tonight:

Rain clearing north then becoming drier for a time in the evening. Further outbreaks of heavy rain will arrive from the south overnight. Staying very mild. Minimum temperature 10 °C.

Thursday:

Heavy rain quickly clearing northeast in the morning. Staying largely cloudy with showery rain in the west but drier, brighter and rather warm in the east. Maximum temperature 16 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Rain spreading east on Friday with strong southerly winds. Gales across the Hebrides. Bright with scattered showers on Saturday. Wet and windy on Sunday with a chance of severe gales.

There is potential for a deep area of low pressure to pass over or close to the west/northwest of the UK early in this period, potentially bringing a spell of very strong winds and heavy rain, especially to parts of the north and west. Through next week, an oscillation between occasional spells of rain, most frequent in the northwest, with longer drier interludes in-between, is likely. It may be rather windy at times too, again especially in northern and western areas. Towards late October there are signs that, whilst northwestern areas may continue to see some rain at times, high pressure may become increasingly influential, potentially bringing more widely settled and drier conditions, with an increasing chance of overnight frost and fog.

High pressure may become more influential into early November, potentially providing longer spells of dry weather, but with the chance of overnight frost and fog becoming rather more widespread than in the days preceding this period. Some large fluctuations between daytime and night-time temperatures are possible, with relatively mild days where fog doesn't linger, and cold frosty nights. Towards mid-November, high pressure may become more focussed towards the northwest of the UK, allowing a gradual trend towards colder and perhaps more unsettled conditions, especially in more southern and eastern areas.