Portsoy (Aberdeenshire) weather

Headline:

Dull start with patchy rain. Drier, brighter in the afternoon.

Today:

A dull cloudy morning with patchy mainly light rain. It will turn drier in the afternoon, with some brighter spells developing, these most likely across northern Aberdeenshire and Moray. Light winds. Maximum temperature 7 °C.

Tonight:

Dry for much of the night, cloudy in the south, some clear spells across the north. Cloudy across all parts later in the night, patchy rain spreading into southern Aberdeenshire. Minimum temperature 2 °C.

Tuesday:

Outbreaks of rain turn persistent and occasionally heavy in the south. Drier in the north, although some patchy rain likely at times. Maximum temperature 7 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Mostly dry on Wednesday, some sunny spells, best in the north. Breezy later. Breezy Thursday and Friday, mainly dry with sunny spells, a chance of rain in west Friday.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC) on Mon 11 Dec 2023

For most locations a continuing trend to more settled weather into the weekend as high pressure builds close to the southwest of the UK, though Scotland likely remaining in a more wet and windy regime with westerly winds. 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 some patchy light rain, mainly near western coasts and over hills. Clearer spells favoured the south and east but these also allowing potential for fog or frost overnight. The following week sees potential for high pressure to decline allowing a return to unsettled conditions and typically average temperatures, favouring the northwest for wettest and windiest conditions.

Updated: 14:00 (UTC) on Sun 10 Dec 2023

More likely to be unsettled compared to the 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, on balance conditions are more likely to remain generally mild and wet.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC) on Sun 10 Dec 2023