Ballater (Aberdeenshire) weather

Headline:

Dry, bright and cold.

Today:

Any showers around northern Aberdeenshire quickly dying out then a cold, dry and bright day. High cloud spilling across from the west in the afternoon. Light winds. Maximum temperature 8 °C.

Tonight:

Dry with some clear spells through the evening. Staying dry overnight, perhaps cloudier around Deeside for a time, but clearer spells in the northeast allowing for another chilly night. Minimum temperature 1 °C.

Monday:

Mainly dry with bright or sunny spells on Monday after any early cloud burns away. Feeling milder than recent days. Maximum temperature 10 °C.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Milder and dry with some brightness and patchy cloud on Tuesday before rain spreads north Wednesday. This clears on Thursday leaving bright spells and the odd shower. Windy at times.

Through the second half of next week conditions will be very unsettled with rain affecting most regions at times. The heaviest rain is likely to be in the west or southwest to begin with, but later in the week, the focus probably shifting to central and eastern areas. Following the rain, a drier and brighter interlude is probable, before conditions turn unsettled once again by next weekend. However, most of the rain, showers and strong winds are likely to be in the northwest with southeastern areas often dry and bright. Temperatures will be above average and probably feeling warm in the brighter spells. Later in October, there is a chance of more settled conditions developing, but with temperatures falling closer to average and some overnight frost and fog.

Potentially some wet and windy weather at first, especially in the northwest, but a trend towards more settled conditions is most favoured for late October as high pressure becomes increasingly dominant. This would bring the potential for frost and fog at night, and possibly large variations between daytime and overnight temperatures. Into early November, high pressure may become more centred to the northwest of the UK, resulting in a gradual trend towards more unsettled conditions, particularly across southern regions.