Mountain weather

Mountain weather

Southwest Highlands

Confidence

High confidence for an unsettled period with rain or showers at times, and feeling quite fresh.

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 with showers.

Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
Weather
(at 800m)
Weather symbols Light rain Light rain Heavy Rain Cloudy Cloudy Drizzle
Chance of
precipitation
(at 800m)
Chance of precipitation
70%
70%
70%
40%
40%
70%

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 SW 23mph knots
SW
23mph
SW 25mph knots
SW
25mph
W 26mph knots
W
26mph
SW 25mph knots
SW
25mph
SW 23mph knots
SW
23mph
SW 20mph knots
SW
20mph
900m
900m W 16mph knots
W
16mph
W 17mph knots
W
17mph
W 20mph knots
W
20mph
W 18mph knots
W
18mph
W 16mph knots
W
16mph
SW 15mph knots
SW
15mph
600m
600m SW 20mph knots
SW
20mph
SW 20mph knots
SW
20mph
SW 23mph knots
SW
23mph
SW 21mph knots
SW
21mph
SW 18mph knots
SW
18mph
SW 16mph knots
SW
16mph
300m
300m SW 9mph knots
SW
9mph
SW 11mph knots
SW
11mph
SW 11mph knots
SW
11mph
SW 12mph knots
SW
12mph
SW 9mph knots
SW
9mph
S 8mph knots
S
8mph
Glen
Glen SW 6mph knots
SW
6mph
SW 7mph knots
SW
7mph
W 8mph knots
W
8mph
W 9mph knots
W
9mph
SW 6mph knots
SW
6mph
SW 5mph knots
SW
5mph

Wind gust

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
1300m
1300m 27mph 30mph 33mph 32mph 28mph 25mph
900m
900m 20mph 21mph 26mph 24mph 21mph 19mph
600m
600m 24mph 25mph 29mph 27mph 23mph 21mph
300m
300m 14mph 16mph 17mph 19mph 15mph 12mph
Glen
Glen 13mph 14mph 18mph 19mph 14mph 13mph

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
1300m
1300m 2 degrees Celsius 0 degrees Celsius 1 degrees Celsius 0 degrees Celsius -1 degrees Celsius 0 degrees Celsius
900m
900m 5 degrees Celsius 4 degrees Celsius 5 degrees Celsius 4 degrees Celsius 4 degrees Celsius 4 degrees Celsius
600m
600m 7 degrees Celsius 6 degrees Celsius 7 degrees Celsius 6 degrees Celsius 6 degrees Celsius 6 degrees Celsius
300m
300m 11 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius
Glen
Glen 13 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius 13 degrees Celsius 13 degrees Celsius 13 degrees Celsius
Freezing Level Freezing Level
2400m
2200m
2300m
2200m
2100m
2000m

Additional weather information

Meteorologist's view

Feeling chilly at height, particularly for the time of year. Navigation will be challenging in widespread low cloud and poor visibilities.

Weather

Staying largely cloudy through the day. Scattered showers and a few brighter spells in the morning, before a band of rain pushes northeast in the late morning, with further showers developing in the afternoon. Quite breezy and chilly at height.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

25% by day.

Low cloud and visibility

Widespread cloud down to 300-500m throughout the early morning. Lifting somewhat to 500-700m by day but with further poor visibilities in hill fog and rain, and just a few temporary clear breaks between showers.

Ground conditions

No recent ground conditions report available.

Summit specific forecast