Mountain weather

North Grampian Mountain weather forecast table

Confidence

High confidence in remaining cold throughout. Low confidence for detail on Thursday, but otherwise high confidence in the general evolution.

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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 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.

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 Gales
Gale force winds (gusts over 50mph) make walking difficult and strenuous with a potential to be blown over by gusts. There is often a marked increase in winds through cols or on exposed ridges and summits. Distances can take longer to cover and compass bearings become harder to follow accurately.

Mountain weather forecast

Cold and windy. Wintry showers.

Time 06:00 09:00 12:00 15:00 18:00 21:00
Weather
(at 800m)
Light snow Heavy snow Light snow Light snow Cloudy Mist
Chance of precipitation
(at 800m)
60% 60% 60% 50% 30% 30%

Wind direction and speed (mph)
Altitude above mean sea level
Time 06:00 09:00 12:00 15:00 18:00 21:00
1300m NE
42
NE
36
NE
30
NE
28
NE
27
NE
25
900m NE
37
NE
28
NE
24
NE
24
NE
21
NE
19
600m NE
22
NE
16
NE
17
NE
15
NE
12
NE
9
300m NE
10
NE
8
NE
10
NE
9
NE
6
NE
4
Glen NE
4
NE
4
NE
5
NE
4
N
3
N
3
Wind gust (mph)
Altitude above mean sea level
Time 06:00 09:00 12:00 15:00 18:00 21:00
1300m 54 47 40 37 37 34
900m 44 35 31 30 27 24
600m 28 22 23 21 18 14
300m 25 21 22 20 16 12
Glen 21 19 19 17 13 12

Altitude above mean sea level
Time 06:00 09:00 12:00 15:00 18:00 21:00
1300m
-4°
-4°
-4°
-4°
-5°
-6°
900m
-1°
-1°
-1°
-2°
-2°
600m
300m
Glen
Freezing Level
700m
600m
600m
600m
500m
400m

Altitude above mean sea level
Time 06:00 09:00 12:00 15:00 18:00 21:00
1300m
-15°
-14°
-13°
-14°
-14°
-15°
900m
-9°
-9°
-8°
-9°
-9°
-10°
600m
-4°
-4°
-5°
-5°
-5°
-4°
300m
-1°
-1°
-1°
-1°
Glen
-1°

Additional weather information

Met Office Aberdeen meteorologist's view

Feeling bitterly cold. Windy conditions will make for fairly arduous walking on exposed terrain with buffeting of clothing. Balance may be affected at times.

Weather

Scattered showers feed in on a brisk northeast flow throughout the day, gradually easing off in the evening. Cloudier during the morning as showers perhaps form longer spells of precipitation. Showers will be wintry above 600-700m at first, before freezing level falls to around 300m by early evening. Feeling bitterly cold in fresh to strong northeast winds, these easing through the evening.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

20% at first, rising to 60% in the afternoon.

Low cloud and visibility

Fairly extensive areas of cloud down to 400-700m at first with visibilities falling poor or very poor in hill fog or precipitation. Cloud gradually lifting and breaking through the day to leave some clear summits and good visibilities between wintry showers.

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Mountain weather information

Weather

Bright spells and a few wintry showers feeding in from the northeast with the freezing level around 200-300m in the morning and evening, rising to around 500-600m through the middle of the day. Feeling bitterly cold as light northeast winds gradually freshen during the day.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

70%

Maximum wind speed expected

Northeast increasing to 35-45mph through the day.

Temperature

  • At 800m Minus 4 to minus 1 Celsius.
  • Glen Minus 1 rising to plus 3 Celsius.
  • Freezing level 300m rising to 600m for a time during the day.

Low cloud and visibility

Summits often clear and visibilities good in-between showers, in which it will rapidly fall poor and cloud drop down to 700-900m.

Mountain weather information

Sat 15 Nov

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Largely dry with bright spells. Feeling very cold. Light easterly winds. Freezing level around 500-700m.

Sun 16 Nov

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Cold with bright spells and freezing level 500-700m, then showery for a time as freezing level rises to 1000-1200m. Light to fresh winds.

Mon 17 Nov

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Bright spells and a few showers. Remaining cold. Light winds.

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Summit specific forecast

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