Mountain weather
North Grampian
Confidence
High confidence for unsettled and showery conditions over the next few days but low confidence from Thursday onwards with regards to wind and rain detail.
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This eveningSunrise:Sunset:
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Mon 8 JunSunrise:Sunset:
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Tue 9 JunSunrise:Sunset:
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Further outlook
This evening forecast
Cloudy with heavy rain in the east slowly clearing through the evening. Dry with some late sunny then clear spells in the west. Breezy and feeling chilly on highest tops.
Mountain weather hazards
Hazards apply at or above 300m, reflecting the more severe conditions which can occur at altitude.
Strong Sunlight
Severe Chill Effect
Poor Visibility
Mountain weather forecast
Bright spells and the odd shower. Breezy and chilly on higher routes.
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Weather
(at 800m)
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Chance of
precipitation (at 800m)
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Chance of precipitation |
30%
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60%
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10%
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10%
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10%
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10%
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10%
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20%
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Wind direction and speed
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1300m
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1300m | S 20mph knots
S
20mph |
SW 12mph knots
SW
12mph |
W 13mph knots
W
13mph |
W 15mph knots
W
15mph |
W 16mph knots
W
16mph |
W 16mph knots
W
16mph |
SW 19mph knots
SW
19mph |
SW 19mph knots
SW
19mph |
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900m
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900m | S 17mph knots
S
17mph |
SW 11mph knots
SW
11mph |
SW 11mph knots
SW
11mph |
W 14mph knots
W
14mph |
W 16mph knots
W
16mph |
W 16mph knots
W
16mph |
SW 18mph knots
SW
18mph |
SW 18mph knots
SW
18mph |
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600m
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600m | SW 9mph knots
SW
9mph |
W 6mph knots
W
6mph |
SW 9mph knots
SW
9mph |
W 12mph knots
W
12mph |
W 13mph knots
W
13mph |
W 13mph knots
W
13mph |
SW 13mph knots
SW
13mph |
SW 11mph knots
SW
11mph |
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300m
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300m | SW 3mph knots
SW
3mph |
SW 3mph knots
SW
3mph |
SW 5mph knots
SW
5mph |
SW 8mph knots
SW
8mph |
SW 9mph knots
SW
9mph |
SW 9mph knots
SW
9mph |
SW 9mph knots
SW
9mph |
S 6mph knots
S
6mph |
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Glen
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Glen | SW 2mph knots
SW
2mph |
SW 2mph knots
SW
2mph |
SW 3mph knots
SW
3mph |
W 4mph knots
W
4mph |
W 5mph knots
W
5mph |
SW 5mph knots
SW
5mph |
SW 5mph knots
SW
5mph |
S 2mph knots
S
2mph |
Wind gust
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1300m
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1300m | 27mph | 16mph | 17mph | 21mph | 23mph | 23mph | 26mph | 26mph |
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900m
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900m | 20mph | 14mph | 15mph | 19mph | 21mph | 22mph | 23mph | 23mph |
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600m
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600m | 12mph | 9mph | 13mph | 17mph | 19mph | 19mph | 19mph | 17mph |
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300m
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300m | 7mph | 8mph | 11mph | 15mph | 17mph | 18mph | 18mph | 15mph |
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Glen
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Glen | 13mph | 9mph | 9mph | 12mph | 14mph | 15mph | 16mph | 12mph |
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1300m
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1300m | 3 degrees Celsius 3°C | 2 degrees Celsius 2°C | 0 degrees Celsius 0°C | 1 degrees Celsius 1°C | 3 degrees Celsius 3°C | 3 degrees Celsius 3°C | 3 degrees Celsius 3°C | 1 degrees Celsius 1°C |
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900m
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900m | 6 degrees Celsius 6°C | 5 degrees Celsius 5°C | 4 degrees Celsius 4°C | 4 degrees Celsius 4°C | 6 degrees Celsius 6°C | 6 degrees Celsius 6°C | 6 degrees Celsius 6°C | 4 degrees Celsius 4°C |
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600m
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600m | 9 degrees Celsius 9°C | 8 degrees Celsius 8°C | 6 degrees Celsius 6°C | 7 degrees Celsius 7°C | 9 degrees Celsius 9°C | 9 degrees Celsius 9°C | 9 degrees Celsius 9°C | 7 degrees Celsius 7°C |
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300m
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300m | 9 degrees Celsius 9°C | 8 degrees Celsius 8°C | 8 degrees Celsius 8°C | 10 degrees Celsius 10°C | 12 degrees Celsius 12°C | 12 degrees Celsius 12°C | 12 degrees Celsius 12°C | 9 degrees Celsius 9°C |
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Glen
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Glen | 10 degrees Celsius 10°C | 9 degrees Celsius 9°C | 9 degrees Celsius 9°C | 12 degrees Celsius 12°C | 14 degrees Celsius 14°C | 15 degrees Celsius 15°C | 13 degrees Celsius 13°C | 10 degrees Celsius 10°C |
| Freezing Level | Freezing Level |
1600m
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1400m
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1300m
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1300m
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1300m
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1400m
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1300m
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1400m
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1300m
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1300m | -3 degrees Celsius -3°C | -3 degrees Celsius -3°C | -5 degrees Celsius -5°C | -4 degrees Celsius -4°C | -2 degrees Celsius -2°C | -2 degrees Celsius -2°C | -3 degrees Celsius -3°C | -5 degrees Celsius -5°C |
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900m
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900m | 2 degrees Celsius 2°C | 2 degrees Celsius 2°C | 0 degrees Celsius 0°C | 0 degrees Celsius 0°C | 2 degrees Celsius 2°C | 2 degrees Celsius 2°C | 1 degrees Celsius 1°C | 0 degrees Celsius 0°C |
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600m
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600m | 7 degrees Celsius 7°C | 6 degrees Celsius 6°C | 3 degrees Celsius 3°C | 4 degrees Celsius 4°C | 6 degrees Celsius 6°C | 6 degrees Celsius 6°C | 6 degrees Celsius 6°C | 4 degrees Celsius 4°C |
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300m
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300m | 9 degrees Celsius 9°C | 8 degrees Celsius 8°C | 7 degrees Celsius 7°C | 9 degrees Celsius 9°C | 10 degrees Celsius 10°C | 10 degrees Celsius 10°C | 10 degrees Celsius 10°C | 8 degrees Celsius 8°C |
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Glen
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Glen | 10 degrees Celsius 10°C | 8 degrees Celsius 8°C | 8 degrees Celsius 8°C | 11 degrees Celsius 11°C | 12 degrees Celsius 12°C | 13 degrees Celsius 13°C | 11 degrees Celsius 11°C | 9 degrees Celsius 9°C |
| Freezing Level | Freezing Level |
1600m
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1400m
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1300m
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1300m
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1300m
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1400m
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1300m
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Additional weather information
Meteorologist's view
Despite sunny spells feeling chilly on higher routes.
Weather
Cloudy with some heavy outbreaks of rain in the early hours. This clearing after sunrise to leave a largely dry day with bright and sunny spells and just the odd shower possible. Any showers may be wintry above 1000m. Turning cloudier through the evening. Breezy southwesterly wind.
Chance of cloud-free hill tops
20% early morning and evening, 90% from mid- morning through the afternoon.
Low cloud and visibility
Low cloud with base 600-800m in the early morning and evening. Otherwise cloud mostly above summits and only falling below briefly in any passing showers. Good visibility, deteriorating briefly in any showers.
Ground conditions
No recent ground conditions report available.
Mountain weather information
Weather
Mostly cloudy with some bright spells and heavy showers developing, which may form some longer spells of rain at times. Showers may be thundery at times and wintry above 1000m. Becoming drier through the evening. Fresh west or southwesterly winds. Feeling chilly on higher routes.
Chance of cloud-free hill tops
30% in the early morning increasing to 80% from late morning.
Maximum wind speed expected
Southwesterly 20mph increasing to westerly 20-25mph gusting 25-30mph in the afternoon.
Temperature
- At 800m Plus 4C rising to 8C.
- Glen Plus 8C rising to 13C.
- Freezing level Around 1200m.
Low cloud and visibility
Low cloud with base 600-800m in the morning but bases then rising to leave many summits cloud free. Bases may fall to back down to 800m at times in showers. Visibility generally good but falling to a few kilometres in cloud and showers.
Ground conditions
No recent ground conditions report available.
Mountain weather information
Wed 10 Jun
Heavy showers with some bright spells. Fresh southwesterly winds. Freezing level just above summits.
Thu 11 Jun
Cloudy with rain spreading northeastwards. Fresh southwesterly winds. Freezing level above summits.
Fri 12 Jun
Bright spells and showers. Fresh to strong southwesterly winds. Freezing level above summits.
Summit specific forecast
Includes the northern and western Cairngorms National Park, Monadhliath, Ben Alder, Creag Meagaidh, Loch Ericht and Loch Rannoch.