Mountain weather

Mountain weather

Northwest Highlands

Confidence

High for settled conditions for the rest of the week. Low for extent of cloud on a daily basis.

Sunrise: Sunset:
Sunrise: Sunset:
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

Mainly dry with variable cloud cover, chance of a light shower in the north and east

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

Wind direction and speed

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
1000m
1000m SE 9mph knots
SE
9mph
SE 9mph knots
SE
9mph
SE 8mph knots
SE
8mph
SE 6mph knots
SE
6mph
SE 7mph knots
SE
7mph
SE 8mph knots
SE
8mph
900m
900m SE 10mph knots
SE
10mph
SE 9mph knots
SE
9mph
SE 6mph knots
SE
6mph
SE 6mph knots
SE
6mph
SE 7mph knots
SE
7mph
SE 8mph knots
SE
8mph
600m
600m SE 6mph knots
SE
6mph
SE 6mph knots
SE
6mph
S 4mph knots
S
4mph
SE 3mph knots
SE
3mph
SE 5mph knots
SE
5mph
SE 5mph knots
SE
5mph
300m
300m SE 3mph knots
SE
3mph
SE 1mph knots
SE
1mph
SE 1mph knots
SE
1mph
SE 1mph knots
SE
1mph
E 3mph knots
E
3mph
E 4mph knots
E
4mph
Glen
Glen NE 1mph knots
NE
1mph
E 2mph knots
E
2mph
SE 1mph knots
SE
1mph
SE 1mph knots
SE
1mph
E 2mph knots
E
2mph
E 4mph knots
E
4mph

Wind gust

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
1000m
1000m 11mph 10mph 9mph 7mph 8mph 10mph
900m
900m 11mph 10mph 8mph 7mph 8mph 10mph
600m
600m 8mph 7mph 6mph 4mph 7mph 9mph
300m
300m 7mph 6mph 4mph 4mph 6mph 7mph
Glen
Glen 2mph 3mph 2mph 2mph 3mph 5mph

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
1000m
1000m 2 degrees Celsius 1 degrees Celsius 1 degrees Celsius 2 degrees Celsius 2 degrees Celsius 1 degrees Celsius
900m
900m 2 degrees Celsius 2 degrees Celsius 3 degrees Celsius 3 degrees Celsius 2 degrees Celsius 1 degrees Celsius
600m
600m 5 degrees Celsius 5 degrees Celsius 6 degrees Celsius 6 degrees Celsius 5 degrees Celsius 4 degrees Celsius
300m
300m 6 degrees Celsius 6 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius 6 degrees Celsius 5 degrees Celsius
Glen
Glen 6 degrees Celsius 7 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius
Freezing Level Freezing Level
2000m
1800m
1700m
1600m
1600m
1600m

Additional weather information

Meteorologist's view

Nothing to add

Weather

Mainly dry with variable amounts of cloud, clearest of the skies likely across Lochaber, Skye and Wester Ross. Chance of a light shower across Easter Ross and north coast/

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

50%

Low cloud and visibility

Poor in areas of cloud down to 200 to 500 metres at first, cloud base rising to 700 metres in the afternoon. Cloud most extensive across the east of the area.

Ground conditions

No recent ground conditions report available.

Summit specific forecast