Mountain weather
North Grampian
Confidence
High confidence in often settled weather over the weekend. High confidence for unsettled weather from Monday, but low confidence in the exact cloud, rain and wind details.
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Further outlook
Mountain weather hazards
Hazards apply at or above 300m, reflecting the more severe conditions which can occur at altitude.
Poor Visibility
Strong Sunlight
Mountain weather forecast
A few showers by day. Drier, brighter late afternoon and evening.
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Weather
(at 800m)
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Chance of
precipitation (at 800m)
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Chance of precipitation |
60%
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60%
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70%
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50%
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20%
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10%
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Wind direction and speed
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1300m
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1300m | W 24mph knots
W
24mph |
W 21mph knots
W
21mph |
W 22mph knots
W
22mph |
W 22mph knots
W
22mph |
W 23mph knots
W
23mph |
W 22mph knots
W
22mph |
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900m
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900m | SW 25mph knots
SW
25mph |
SW 20mph knots
SW
20mph |
W 21mph knots
W
21mph |
W 18mph knots
W
18mph |
W 18mph knots
W
18mph |
W 19mph knots
W
19mph |
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600m
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600m | SW 17mph knots
SW
17mph |
SW 16mph knots
SW
16mph |
SW 17mph knots
SW
17mph |
W 13mph knots
W
13mph |
W 13mph knots
W
13mph |
SW 12mph knots
SW
12mph |
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300m
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300m | SW 6mph knots
SW
6mph |
SW 8mph knots
SW
8mph |
SW 11mph knots
SW
11mph |
W 9mph knots
W
9mph |
W 9mph knots
W
9mph |
W 7mph knots
W
7mph |
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Glen
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Glen | SW 3mph knots
SW
3mph |
SW 3mph knots
SW
3mph |
W 6mph knots
W
6mph |
W 6mph knots
W
6mph |
W 5mph knots
W
5mph |
W 3mph knots
W
3mph |
Wind gust
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1300m
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1300m | 30mph | 26mph | 29mph | 29mph | 31mph | 29mph |
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900m
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900m | 30mph | 25mph | 27mph | 24mph | 23mph | 24mph |
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600m
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600m | 21mph | 20mph | 23mph | 19mph | 19mph | 18mph |
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300m
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300m | 16mph | 17mph | 21mph | 18mph | 18mph | 16mph |
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Glen
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Glen | 16mph | 14mph | 18mph | 18mph | 16mph | 14mph |
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1300m
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1300m | 4 degrees Celsius 4°C | 4 degrees Celsius 4°C | 4 degrees Celsius 4°C | 5 degrees Celsius 5°C | 4 degrees Celsius 4°C | 3 degrees Celsius 3°C |
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900m
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900m | 6 degrees Celsius 6°C | 7 degrees Celsius 7°C | 8 degrees Celsius 8°C | 8 degrees Celsius 8°C | 8 degrees Celsius 8°C | 6 degrees Celsius 6°C |
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600m
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600m | 9 degrees Celsius 9°C | 9 degrees Celsius 9°C | 10 degrees Celsius 10°C | 11 degrees Celsius 11°C | 11 degrees Celsius 11°C | 9 degrees Celsius 9°C |
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300m
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300m | 10 degrees Celsius 10°C | 12 degrees Celsius 12°C | 14 degrees Celsius 14°C | 14 degrees Celsius 14°C | 14 degrees Celsius 14°C | 11 degrees Celsius 11°C |
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Glen
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Glen | 10 degrees Celsius 10°C | 14 degrees Celsius 14°C | 16 degrees Celsius 16°C | 16 degrees Celsius 16°C | 15 degrees Celsius 15°C | 12 degrees Celsius 12°C |
| Freezing Level | Freezing Level |
2000m
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1900m
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2000m
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2000m
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1800m
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1800m
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1300m
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1300m | -2 degrees Celsius -2°C | -2 degrees Celsius -2°C | -1 degrees Celsius -1°C | -1 degrees Celsius -1°C | -2 degrees Celsius -2°C | -3 degrees Celsius -3°C |
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900m
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900m | 1 degrees Celsius 1°C | 2 degrees Celsius 2°C | 3 degrees Celsius 3°C | 4 degrees Celsius 4°C | 4 degrees Celsius 4°C | 2 degrees Celsius 2°C |
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600m
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600m | 5 degrees Celsius 5°C | 6 degrees Celsius 6°C | 7 degrees Celsius 7°C | 8 degrees Celsius 8°C | 8 degrees Celsius 8°C | 6 degrees Celsius 6°C |
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300m
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300m | 9 degrees Celsius 9°C | 10 degrees Celsius 10°C | 12 degrees Celsius 12°C | 12 degrees Celsius 12°C | 12 degrees Celsius 12°C | 10 degrees Celsius 10°C |
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Glen
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Glen | 9 degrees Celsius 9°C | 13 degrees Celsius 13°C | 14 degrees Celsius 14°C | 14 degrees Celsius 14°C | 14 degrees Celsius 14°C | 11 degrees Celsius 11°C |
| Freezing Level | Freezing Level |
2000m
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1900m
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2000m
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2000m
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1800m
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1800m
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Additional weather information
Meteorologist's view
Occasionally windy conditions will make for fairly arduous walking on exposed terrain with buffeting of clothing. Balance may be affected at times.
Weather
A dry morning with variable cloud and some bright or sunny spells, particularly in the east. Rather cloudy through the middle of the day with scattered showers around. Becoming dry through the late afternoon with showers fading out and increasingly bright or sunny spells developing. Breezy.
Chance of cloud-free hill tops
60% at first, falling to 40% in morning, rising to 75% from mid-afternoon.
Low cloud and visibility
Often clear summits in the east to start with. Otherwise quite extensive areas of cloud down to 500-700m and visibilities falling moderate or poor in hill fog and showers during the day. This gradually lifting and breaking from the late afternoon to leave summits often clear and good visibilities.
Ground conditions
No recent ground conditions report available.
Mountain weather information
Weather
Mostly dry with bright or sunny spells and variable cloud. The odd spot of light rain possible in the north in the morning.
Chance of cloud-free hill tops
75% at first, rising to 90% or higher in afternoon.
Maximum wind speed expected
Westerly 10-20mph.
Temperature
- At 800m 5C rising to 10C by day.
- Glen 8C rising to 19C by day.
- Freezing level Above summits.
Low cloud and visibility
Largely clear summits with good visibilities throughout the day. Some patches of cloud around 500-700m in the morning, mainly over western ranges.
Ground conditions
No recent ground conditions report available.
Mountain weather information
Mon 3 Aug
Cloudy with rain spreading north, heavy at times. Moderate to strong east to southeast winds developing.
Tue 4 Aug
Likely staying rather cloudy with further showers or longer spells of rain, heavy at times with a chance of lightning. Moderate east to southeast winds.
Wed 5 Aug
Once again likely staying rather cloudy with showers or longer spells of rain, heavy at times with a chance of lightning. Light to moderate east to northeast winds.
Mountain weather information
Mon 3 Aug
Cloudy with rain spreading north, heavy at times. Moderate to strong east to southeast winds developing.
Tue 4 Aug
Likely staying rather cloudy with further showers or longer spells of rain, heavy at times with a chance of lightning. Moderate east to southeast winds.
Wed 5 Aug
Once again likely staying rather cloudy with showers or longer spells of rain, heavy at times with a chance of lightning. Light to moderate east to northeast winds.
Summit specific forecast
Includes the northern and western Cairngorms National Park, Monadhliath, Ben Alder, Creag Meagaidh, Loch Ericht and Loch Rannoch.