Mountain weather

South Grampian and Southeast Highlands

Yellow warning

Yellow weather warning in force for South Grampian and Southeast Highlands

South Grampian and Southeast Highlands Mountain weather forecast table

Confidence

High confidence for a cold northerly wind into Saturday and then a change to a milder mobile westerly situation from Saturday night.

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Sunset:
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.

Mountain weather forecast

Cloudy with snow clearing to more isolated snow showers late afternoon. The early near gale summit wind will turn fresh northeast later.

Time 06:00 09:00 12:00 15:00 18:00 21:00
Weather
(at 800m)
Light snow Light snow Light snow Light snow Light snow shower (night) Partly cloudy (night)
Chance of precipitation
(at 800m)
60% 60% 40% 30% 30% 20%

Wind direction and speed (mph)
Altitude above mean sea level
Time 06:00 09:00 12:00 15:00 18:00 21:00
1100m NE
38
NE
34
NE
28
NE
21
NE
19
NE
16
900m NE
24
NE
23
NE
19
NE
14
NE
12
NE
10
600m NE
12
NE
13
NE
11
NE
8
E
5
NE
4
300m NE
7
NE
8
NE
8
NE
5
N
3
NE
2
Glen NE
8
NE
8
NE
7
NE
6
N
3
NW
2
Wind gust (mph)
Altitude above mean sea level
Time 06:00 09:00 12:00 15:00 18:00 21:00
1100m 44 41 34 26 23 19
900m 30 29 25 19 16 13
600m 21 22 19 15 12 8
300m 20 20 18 12 10 8
Glen 22 21 18 14 10 7

Altitude above mean sea level
Time 06:00 09:00 12:00 15:00 18:00 21:00
1100m
-6°
-6°
-6°
-6°
-7°
-8°
900m
-4°
-4°
-4°
-4°
-5°
-6°
600m
-2°
-2°
-2°
-2°
-4°
-5°
300m
-2°
-2°
Glen
-1°
-1°
Freezing Level
200m
200m
300m
300m
100m
100m

Altitude above mean sea level
Time 06:00 09:00 12:00 15:00 18:00 21:00
1100m
-17°
-17°
-16°
-15°
-15°
-16°
900m
-13°
-12°
-12°
-11°
-12°
-12°
600m
-8°
-8°
-7°
-6°
-7°
-7°
300m
-4°
-4°
-3°
-1°
-4°
-4°
Glen
-3°
-3°
-1°
-3°
-2°

Additional weather information

Met Office Aberdeen meteorologist's view

Despite the easing wind and the occasional bright or sunny spell it will still feel bitterly cold from a low level. It will stay dry much of the time but clothing suitable for snow showers will still be needed.

Weather

Rain and hill snow will clear during the afternoon. Dry conditions and clear spells later. A band of cloud and snow showers will move south into the area from the late afternoon, the snow will fall to low levels.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

60%.

Low cloud and visibility

Early cloud with base 400-600m will lift to 700-900m as sunny spells increase from the morning. The cloud will fall to 500-700m and the visibility very poor in snow showers.

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Sunset:

Mountain weather information

Weather

The day will be mostly dry but cloudy with sunny spells, a few snow showers are likely in the north from late afternoon. The snow will fall to 100m

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

60%

Maximum wind speed expected

Northwest 10-15mph gust 25mph, increasing 25-30mph gust 40mph later.

Temperature

  • At 800m Minus 3C.
  • Glen Minus 4C rising plus 2C.
  • Freezing level 300m, lowering 100m.

Low cloud and visibility

Broken cloud with the base 700-900m will lower at times in showers. The visibility will be mostly good, occasionally falling lower in showers.

Mountain weather information

Sat 14 Feb

Sunrise:
Sunset:

A dry day with sunny spells in the morning and high cloud spreading east in the afternoon. The freezing level will continue 100m in a strengthening southerly summit wind.

Sun 15 Feb

Sunrise:
Sunset:

Cloudy with snow clearing to blustery showers later. The freezing level will rise from 100m 800m in a gale to severe gale southeast summit wind that falls moderate southwest later.

Mon 16 Feb

Sunrise:
Sunset:

Bright spells and wintery, blustery showers, some thundery. The freezing level will continue 800m with a gale northwest summit wind.

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Summit specific forecast

Mountain summit forecast map

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