Fort Augustus (Highland) weather

Headline:

Mostly dry and sunny, but east cloudier with showers later

Today:

A very frosty start to a dry and sunny morning, although any patchy freezing fog will be slow to clear. The west remains sunny this afternoon but increasing cloud over eastern parts brings an increasing risk of wintry showers. Maximum temperature 2 °C.

Tonight:

Long clear spells in west and a widespread, locally severe, frost. However eastern parts and the Great Glen look cloudier with wintry showers, these turning to rain at low levels. Minimum temperature -6 °C.

Monday:

Another dry, cold sunny day for the western Northwest Highlands, with a few showers are likely across Lewis. The east remains cloudier with showers, falling as snow on hills. Maximum temperature 5 °C.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Long clear or sunny spells with a few coastal wintry showers Tuesday and Wednesday, with widespread, locally severe, overnight frosts. Strengthening winds Thursday may bring rain, preceded by snow.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC) on Sun 3 Dec 2023

An uncertain start to the period as milder and more generally unsettled, windy conditions across the south and west try and extend further north and east. Its likely that these milder conditions will ultimately spread to the whole UK, but it may well take until the weekend to reach the extreme northeast of Scotland. Elsewhere, milder, or at least less cold weather than the preceding days, with areas of rain and stronger winds, more especially in the west, this erratically spreading further north and east with time, and turning to snow across parts of the northeast especially. Moving towards mid December and more generally unsettled and milder conditions look most probable although a return of the colder conditions cannot be ruled out entirely.

Updated: 14:00 (UTC) on Sat 2 Dec 2023

Conditions are most likely to be changeable through this period. Wetter and windier than average conditions are slightly more likely than normal, especially in the west and northwest. Temperatures are most likely to be near or above average overall, especially in the south and west. It is possible that there ill be further colder interludes, but these likely to be short lived at first. Perhaps a greater chance of a longer cold spell late in the period.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC) on Sat 2 Dec 2023