Good news for us all, taken from www.mwis.org:
"Intense Atlantic lows will pass close to northern Scotland, bringing long periods of often severe upland gales, and bands of rain (focussed on western Scotland), interspersed by showery weather. Temperatures will oscillate: further mild periods, but increasingly also colder periods, especially across Highland Scotland, where there will be several freeze thaw cycles. By the middle of next week, cold conditions will be prevalent. Snow will increasingly build up on, particularly the north and western Scottish Highlands, with snow occasionally to a low level, and penetrating south to summits in England and Wales."