Tarland weather

Headline:

Mild, mostly dry and cloudy , but brighter in east.

Today:

Best of the weather across eastern Aberdeenshire with sunshine quite widespread through the dry morning. Gradually cloud increasing from the west for the afternoon, bringing some patchy light rain to Moray and the far west of Aberdeenshire before evening. Maximum temperature 10 °C.

Tonight:

Cloudy early evening with some patchy rain in west. Clearing skies spreading from the north overnight. Westerly breezes, preventing an air frost. Minimum temperature 2 °C.

Friday:

Probably seeing best of Scotland's weather with majority dry with best of sunshine appearing through morning. Turning cloudier later bringing a chance of patchy rain to far west. Maximum temperature 8 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Saturday rather cloudy but mostly dry. Rainband crossing from west Sunday, with sunshine, isolated showers following later. Monday unsettled with gales and showers which turn increasingly wintry.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC) on Thu 23 Jan 2020

Next week looks likely to continue the unsettled theme with a mixture of spells of locally heavy rain and showers with colder and brighter interludes. The heaviest of the rain is likely to be focused over western parts with snow possible across some northern hills. It will be windy throughout with a chance of gales at times, which will reduce the risk of overnight frost and fog. Towards the end of the period the south and east may see slightly more settled conditions moving in. This will lead to an increased risk of frost and fog overnight. Temperatures will fluctuate between mild and rather cold at times as bands of rain move across the UK.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC) on Thu 23 Jan 2020

Through the first half of this period, the mobile wet and windy regime looks set to continue. It seems probable that the most unsettled conditions will gradually transfer further north, leaving a more traditional northwest/southeast split. There are signs that through the middle of February, that more settled conditions will develop across the southeast. These settled conditions may gradually spread further northwest to influence much of the UK for a time. This would bring drier weather for all, with an increased likelihood of fog and frost. Unsettled spells of strong winds and rain are still likely from time to time, but mainly in the northwest. Temperatures are likely to be around normal, but could be rather cold overnight in more settled spells.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC) on Thu 23 Jan 2020