Mountain weather

North Grampian Mountain weather forecast table

Confidence

High for often dry but sometimes rather cloudy weather over the weekend and into early next week. Low for cloud amounts.

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Sunset:

This evening forecast

Dry with extensive cloud down to 500 to 700 metres. Light winds.

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Mountain hazards

Mountain weather hazards

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

hazard 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.

hazard Severe Chill Effect
Wind significantly lowers the ‘feels-like’ temperature relative to the actual temperature, with even moderate winds significantly adding to the chilling effect. Strong winds can result in a severe and debilitating wind chill many degrees below the actual temperature. This effect will be enhanced in rain or wet snow. Without protection, prolonged exposure could result in frost nip or frostbite on exposed parts of the body and/or hypothermia.

Mountain weather forecast

Mainly dry, cold and cloudy

Time 00:00 03:00 06:00 09:00 12:00 15:00 18:00 21:00
Weather
(at 800m)
Partly cloudy (night) Partly cloudy (night) Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Partly cloudy (night) Partly cloudy (night)
Chance of precipitation
(at 800m)
00% 00% 00% 10% 10% 10% 10% 00%

Wind direction and speed (mph)
Altitude above mean sea level
Time 00:00 03:00 06:00 09:00 12:00 15:00 18:00 21:00
1300m NE
15
NE
16
NE
22
NE
23
NE
17
NE
17
NE
18
E
14
900m NE
12
NE
16
NE
22
NE
19
NE
17
NE
16
E
16
E
9
600m NE
6
NE
9
NE
11
NE
9
NE
8
NE
9
E
10
NE
9
300m E
3
E
4
E
3
NE
3
NE
4
NE
4
NE
4
E
5
Glen N
2
NW
2
NW
1
NE
2
NE
3
NE
3
NE
3
NE
2
Wind gust (mph)
Altitude above mean sea level
Time 00:00 03:00 06:00 09:00 12:00 15:00 18:00 21:00
1300m 18 19 31 32 23 22 23 17
900m 14 19 29 25 23 21 22 13
600m 7 13 15 13 13 14 16 13
300m 8 9 10 9 10 12 12 13
Glen 8 6 8 8 11 11 10 7

Altitude above mean sea level
Time 00:00 03:00 06:00 09:00 12:00 15:00 18:00 21:00
1300m
-1°
-2°
-1°
-1°
-2°
-3°
-1°
900m
-1°
-1°
600m
300m
Glen
Freezing Level
700m
1,200m
900m
1,000m
1,100m
800m
600m
400m

Altitude above mean sea level
Time 00:00 03:00 06:00 09:00 12:00 15:00 18:00 21:00
1300m
-6°
-5°
-9°
-8°
-8°
-9°
-10°
-7°
900m
-6°
-5°
-6°
-6°
-5°
-6°
-7°
-4°
600m
-3°
-2°
-2°
-2°
-1°
-2°
-4°
-4°
300m
-2°
-1°
-1°
-2°
Glen
-2°
-2°

Additional weather information

Met Office Aberdeen meteorologist's view

Stronger summit winds combined with cold air will lead to significant wind chill.

Weather

A lot of low cloud through the day, perhaps a few light showers in the morning and early afternoon.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

30%, the very highest summits are likely to be above the cloud top, more especially west of the A9.

Low cloud and visibility

Poor in extensive hill fog between 600 and 900 metres. However cloud is likely to be thinner west of the Great Glen.

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Sunset:

Mountain weather information

Weather

Dry with some bright spells. Areas of low cloud, these most likely around the north and east of the area.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

60%

Maximum wind speed expected

Variable 10 mph

Temperature

  • At 800m Minus 1 Celsius
  • Glen Minus 4 rising to 0 Celsius
  • Freezing level 600 metres

Low cloud and visibility

Excellent visibility outside of cloud. Some thin patchy cloud around 750 metres.

Mountain weather information

Mon 29 Dec

Sunrise:
Sunset:

After a dry start thickening cloud will bring a few showers from the north, these wintry above 1000 metres. Drier and clearer weather developing by late afternoon.

Tue 30 Dec

Sunrise:
Sunset:

Mainly dry but a few wintry showers may spread from the north later in the day.

Wed 31 Dec

Sunrise:
Sunset:

Mainly dry with variable cloud cover. Strengthening northwesterly winds.

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Summit specific forecast

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