Mountain weather

Mountain weather

South Grampian and Southeast Highlands

Confidence

High confidence for the general evolution with a showery Friday and settled weekend. Lower confidence for the extent of any cloud and light rain from Monday.

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Mountain hazards

Mountain weather hazards

Hazards apply at or above 300m, reflecting the more severe conditions which can occur at altitude.

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.

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

Mostly dry morning with sunny spells, some afternoon showers, wintry on tops. Cold.

Time
Time
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09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
Weather
(at 800m)
Weather symbols Partly cloudy (night) Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Heavy rain showers Heavy rain showers Light rain showers (night)
Chance of
precipitation
(at 800m)
Chance of precipitation
<5%
<5%
<5%
<5%
<5%
<5%

Wind direction and speed

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
1100m
1100m W 21mph knots
W
21mph
W 22mph knots
W
22mph
NW 17mph knots
NW
17mph
NW 17mph knots
NW
17mph
NW 22mph knots
NW
22mph
N 23mph knots
N
23mph
900m
900m W 13mph knots
W
13mph
W 13mph knots
W
13mph
NW 14mph knots
NW
14mph
NW 13mph knots
NW
13mph
NW 14mph knots
NW
14mph
N 13mph knots
N
13mph
600m
600m W 10mph knots
W
10mph
W 11mph knots
W
11mph
NW 10mph knots
NW
10mph
NW 9mph knots
NW
9mph
W 9mph knots
W
9mph
NW 6mph knots
NW
6mph
300m
300m W 4mph knots
W
4mph
W 6mph knots
W
6mph
NW 8mph knots
NW
8mph
NW 6mph knots
NW
6mph
W 5mph knots
W
5mph
NW 4mph knots
NW
4mph
Glen
Glen W 3mph knots
W
3mph
W 5mph knots
W
5mph
NW 7mph knots
NW
7mph
NW 7mph knots
NW
7mph
W 4mph knots
W
4mph
W 4mph knots
W
4mph

Wind gust

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
1100m
1100m 24mph 25mph 22mph 22mph 27mph 28mph
900m
900m 16mph 17mph 19mph 18mph 19mph 18mph
600m
600m 18mph 17mph 16mph 15mph 16mph 13mph
300m
300m 14mph 12mph 16mph 14mph 13mph 13mph
Glen
Glen 12mph 11mph 15mph 15mph 12mph 11mph

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
1100m
1100m -6 degrees Celsius -6 degrees Celsius -5 degrees Celsius -5 degrees Celsius -6 degrees Celsius -8 degrees Celsius
900m
900m -2 degrees Celsius -2 degrees Celsius -1 degrees Celsius -1 degrees Celsius -3 degrees Celsius -4 degrees Celsius
600m
600m 1 degrees Celsius 1 degrees Celsius 3 degrees Celsius 3 degrees Celsius 1 degrees Celsius 1 degrees Celsius
300m
300m 4 degrees Celsius 6 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius 5 degrees Celsius 4 degrees Celsius
Glen
Glen 4 degrees Celsius 7 degrees Celsius 9 degrees Celsius 9 degrees Celsius 6 degrees Celsius 5 degrees Celsius
Freezing Level Freezing Level
1100m
1100m
1200m
1200m
1100m
1000m

Additional weather information

Meteorologist's view

Feeling cold at height and showers wintry on the tops so suitable clothing and footwear is advised.

Weather

Dry with clear then sunny spells for most ranges in the morning, especially Aberdeenshire and Angus hills. The odd shower will get into the Perthshire hills and other western ranges in the morning. The focus of showers will then change to affect Aberdeenshire and Angus hills in the afternoon, becoming dry with sunny spells for Ochils and Perthshire hills. Any showers will be wintry above around 900-1000m. Showers becoming lighter and more isolated in the evening. Cold at height. Winds becoming light through the day.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

50% west and 80% east in morning, vice-versa in the afternoon.

Low cloud and visibility

Quite extensive areas of cloud dropping to around 700-900m and visibilities falling temporarily moderate or poor as showers pass through. Clear spells and excellent visibilities outside of showers, these breaks more frequent in the east in the morning.

Ground conditions

No recent ground conditions report available.

Summit specific forecast