Mountain weather

Mountain weather

North Grampian

Confidence

Low confidence in cloud and rain amounts on Friday with more southern and western ranges likely to see the best of the conditions. A change to showery conditions towards the weekend with some potentially heavy showers likely, especially on Sunday but low confidence in exact location of showers.

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 times with outbreaks of light rain or drizzle, brighter in the west of the area.

Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
Weather
(at 800m)
Weather symbols Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Cloudy Cloudy
Chance of
precipitation
(at 800m)
Chance of precipitation
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%

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 14mph knots
N
14mph
N 14mph knots
N
14mph
N 21mph knots
N
21mph
N 25mph knots
N
25mph
NW 26mph knots
NW
26mph
NW 24mph knots
NW
24mph
900m
900m N 10mph knots
N
10mph
N 10mph knots
N
10mph
N 14mph knots
N
14mph
N 18mph knots
N
18mph
NW 19mph knots
NW
19mph
NW 18mph knots
NW
18mph
600m
600m N 5mph knots
N
5mph
N 6mph knots
N
6mph
N 9mph knots
N
9mph
N 11mph knots
N
11mph
NW 10mph knots
NW
10mph
NW 9mph knots
NW
9mph
300m
300m N 4mph knots
N
4mph
N 5mph knots
N
5mph
N 7mph knots
N
7mph
N 7mph knots
N
7mph
NW 6mph knots
NW
6mph
NW 6mph knots
NW
6mph
Glen
Glen N 3mph knots
N
3mph
N 4mph knots
N
4mph
N 5mph knots
N
5mph
N 4mph knots
N
4mph
NW 4mph knots
NW
4mph
NW 3mph knots
NW
3mph

Wind gust

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
1300m
1300m 17mph 17mph 27mph 32mph 33mph 31mph
900m
900m 11mph 13mph 18mph 23mph 24mph 22mph
600m
600m 6mph 9mph 13mph 16mph 15mph 14mph
300m
300m 9mph 11mph 15mph 16mph 15mph 16mph
Glen
Glen 10mph 10mph 13mph 14mph 16mph 16mph

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 4 degrees Celsius 3 degrees Celsius 2 degrees Celsius 1 degrees Celsius
900m
900m 9 degrees Celsius 9 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius 7 degrees Celsius 7 degrees Celsius 6 degrees Celsius
600m
600m 11 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 9 degrees Celsius
300m
300m 13 degrees Celsius 13 degrees Celsius 13 degrees Celsius 13 degrees Celsius 13 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius
Glen
Glen 12 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius 15 degrees Celsius 15 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius
Freezing Level Freezing Level
2900m
2900m
2900m
2900m
2800m
2700m

Additional weather information

Meteorologist's view

Quite a cool feel with fresh or strong northerly winds at height.

Weather

Through the morning it will remain cloudy with outbreaks of rain, especially for the Northern Cairngorms and more northern and eastern hills, the best conditions will be found west of the A9 and probably towards Loch Ossian and south of Loch Laggan with some brighter spells here. Brisk northeasterly winds will add to a cool feel to the day.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

In the north 20%, further south and west 40%.

Low cloud and visibility

Layers of overcast cloud above 100m in the north of the area at first in the morning, cloud more broken and perhaps with higher bases further south and west in the area. Cloud will slowly lift and some breaks will develop in the afternoon west of the A9 but the Cairngorm tops will likely be in cloud most of the day. Visibility below the low cloud will be moderate or good but further north and east it may turn poor in heavier rain or drizzle for a time.

Ground conditions

No recent ground conditions report available.

Summit specific forecast