Thurso (Beach) (Highland) weather

Headline:

Sunday very windy. Mosty dry, bright morning. Turning showery later.

This Evening and Tonight:

Briefly dry with clear spells in the evening but outbreaks of rain spread north from late evening, persistent and heavy at times. Windy and milder than of late. Minimum temperature 1 °C.

Sunday:

Outbreaks of rain soon clearing to isolated showers with the odd bright spell. Showers become frequent and heavy later. Southerly gales, increasing to storm force for many later. Maximum temperature 11 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Gale force wind turns north Monday, accompanied by frequent and occasionally heavy showers. Wind eases and showers clear Tuesday to leave a mainly dry and bright day Wednesday.

Probably a quieter interlude to start this period for much of the UK as high pressure builds across the north with a return of night frosts. The high is likely to migrate eastwards during the second half of next week, potentially allowing some outbreaks of rain to move into some some western and northwestern areas along with some stronger winds, these probably edging into other parts of the UK by next weekend, although the east and southeast may hang on to drier conditions throughout. Into December, and while signals are mixed it looks most likely that high pressure may re-assert itself close to or over the UK, with temperatures generally near average, but some overnight frost is likely, and rather cold by day where any fog persists.

The start of this period looks like being largely settled, with high pressure close to if not over the UK. However as we move further into December there are signs that it will become less settled with west or northwesterly types preferred, These will bring some wetter and windier interludes with a risk of some snow, especially for hills in the north. These conditions look more likely to dominate towards the middle of December. Temperatures generally close to average through the period.