highlands and western isles, but otherwise we have clear skies for the majority of the country and it will be a very cold night. we are looking at lowe's down to —5 celsius, so a freezing cold start of the day on friday, but another day with sparkling winter sunshine to look forward to. temperatures will stay a little below average though. generally this cloud will start to thicken as we go through the day, we might even see drizzle for the western isles and highlands as the day goes by, but the rest of us will hang on to dry and bright weather. eight or 9 degrees across western areas. heading into the weekend, the areas. heading into the weekend, the area of high pressure bringing settled weather is still around. there is a tendency for the weather to turn more cloudy, but there will be the risk of frost and fog patches as well. the air starts to get milder as it comes around our area of high pressure, recirculating if you like. for saturday, a bit more in the way of cloud generally but