Mountain weather

Mountain weather

North Grampian

Confidence

Unsettled conditions continuing with high confidence for a transition to cooler more showery conditions later in the week. Uncertainties in amount of cloud and rain on Monday and details of showers from Tuesday onwards, keep up to date with the latest forecast.

Mountain hazards

Mountain weather hazards

Hazards apply at or above 300m, reflecting the more severe conditions which can occur at altitude.

Poor Visibility
Poor visibility presents challenging route finding conditions. Visibility could be significantly less than 50 metres in all directions with few or no visual references, especially on featureless moors or plateaux. Distances become hard to judge and cliff or cornice edges can be difficult to recognise. These conditions require good navigational skills. There is a risk of white-out conditions when mist or fog is combined with extensive snow cover.

Mountain weather forecast

Cloudy at first with rain spreading east during the afternoon, turning heavy for a time in the evening, poor visibility at times, freshening southerly winds.

Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
Weather
(at 800m)
Weather symbols Mist Cloudy Cloudy Light rain Heavy Rain Heavy Rain
Chance of
precipitation
(at 800m)
Chance of precipitation
30%
20%
20%
40%
70%
80%

Wind direction and speed

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
1300m
1300m N 3mph knots
N
3mph
S 6mph knots
S
6mph
SW 10mph knots
SW
10mph
S 13mph knots
S
13mph
S 18mph knots
S
18mph
SE 20mph knots
SE
20mph
900m
900m NE 3mph knots
NE
3mph
N 4mph knots
N
4mph
N 4mph knots
N
4mph
S 11mph knots
S
11mph
S 17mph knots
S
17mph
S 15mph knots
S
15mph
600m
600m NE 3mph knots
NE
3mph
NW 3mph knots
NW
3mph
S 3mph knots
S
3mph
SE 7mph knots
SE
7mph
S 13mph knots
S
13mph
SE 6mph knots
SE
6mph
300m
300m E 1mph knots
E
1mph
N 2mph knots
N
2mph
SE 2mph knots
SE
2mph
S 3mph knots
S
3mph
SW 5mph knots
SW
5mph
N 3mph knots
N
3mph
Glen
Glen NE 1mph knots
NE
1mph
E 2mph knots
E
2mph
SE 4mph knots
SE
4mph
S 4mph knots
S
4mph
S 4mph knots
S
4mph
S 3mph knots
S
3mph

Wind gust

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
1300m
1300m 4mph 8mph 14mph 17mph 23mph 25mph
900m
900m 3mph 5mph 6mph 15mph 23mph 21mph
600m
600m 3mph 5mph 5mph 11mph 22mph 10mph
300m
300m 2mph 4mph 4mph 7mph 11mph 7mph
Glen
Glen 2mph 4mph 7mph 10mph 11mph 8mph

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
1300m
1300m 5 degrees Celsius 5 degrees Celsius 5 degrees Celsius 4 degrees Celsius 3 degrees Celsius 2 degrees Celsius
900m
900m 8 degrees Celsius 9 degrees Celsius 9 degrees Celsius 9 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius
600m
600m 10 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius 13 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius
300m
300m 12 degrees Celsius 13 degrees Celsius 15 degrees Celsius 16 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius
Glen
Glen 12 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius 16 degrees Celsius 17 degrees Celsius 15 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius
Freezing Level Freezing Level
2300m
2400m
2400m
2500m
2700m
2800m

Additional weather information

Meteorologist's view

Light winds in the morning, freshening from the southeast later in the day. A damp afternoon and evening on the hills.

Weather

A cloudy morning with low cloud layers over many of the hills, cloud lifting during the morning with the chance of some brightness at times for the northern ranges. During the afternoon rain will spread east over the area, starting mainly light and intermittent but turning heavier during the evening and becoming persistent.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

20% improving to 50% during the morning, falling to 20% again later.

Low cloud and visibility

Low cloud layers above 400m will be extensive for western and southern hills at first in the morning, cloud bases will become more scattered above 600m with the best chance of clear summits around more northern hills by late morning. Cloud will lower and fill again during the afternoon as rain spreads in with broken layers above 400m by late afternoon. Visibility will be moderate at first in the morning but becoming good by late morning. Visibility will reduce gradually in the afternoon as it becomes wetter and will be poor at times in the evening.

Ground conditions

No recent ground conditions report available.

Summit specific forecast