Met Office: West Highland: latest temperature

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Overview for Monday

The last of the overnight rain will clear during the morning to leave a good deal of dry and bright weather across all the climbing areas over Scotland. However it will stay windy across the tops.

Hazards	Risk	Explanation
Blizzards	No Risk
Heavy snow	No Risk
Storm force winds	No Risk
Gales	High	Strong to gale force northwesterly winds across exposed ridges causing much buffeting.
Severe chill effect	High	Due to combination of gales and freezing temperatures across the tops.
Persistent and extensive hill fog	No Risk
Thunderstorms	No Risk
Heavy persistent rain	No Risk

Hazards

Risk

Explanation

Blizzards

No Risk

Heavy snow

No Risk

Storm force winds

No Risk

Gales

High

Strong to gale force northwesterly winds across exposed ridges causing much buffeting.

Severe chill effect

High

Due to combination of gales and freezing temperatures across the tops.

Persistent and extensive hill fog

No Risk

Thunderstorms

No Risk

Heavy persistent rain

No Risk

Weather summary and probability of precipitation for Monday
Dawn to 0900	0900 to 1200	1200 to 1500	1500 to dusk
Heavy Rain	Cloudy	Sunny intervals	Sunny intervals
60%	30%	10%	10%

Weather summary and probability of precipitation for Monday

Dawn to 0900

0900 to 1200

1200 to 1500

1500 to dusk

Heavy Rain

Cloudy

Sunny intervals

60%

30%

10%

Detailed mountain weather forecast: West Highlands

Monday
Tuesday
Outlook

Monday

Weather

Mostly cloudy at first with still some outbreaks of occasionally heavy rain and falling as snow above 900M. Dry, brighter weather will soon reach the Northwest Highlands and extend south to Argyll and the Trossachs later in the morning. Then a mainly dry afternoon to follow with sunny spells and just an isolated light shower.

Visibility

Some patches of moderate or poor visibility during the morning, especially towards the south of the area. Then very good, even excellent visibility in all directions with all hills in sight clearly visible. This will result in some fine panoramic views of the picturesque snow covered landscape.

Hill fog

Fairly extensive fog at first, especially across the hills of Argyll and the Trossachs at around 600 and 700M. This will gradually disperse during the morning leaving patches of fog up around 900M in the afternoon.

Maximum winds above 600m

Northwesterly winds with average speeds of 30 to 40mph and gusts 55 over more exposed ridges with much buffeting.

Temperature

Glens	4 Celsius rising to 8 Celsius.
900 m	Zero Celsius
Freezing level	900M.

Tuesday

Weather

A mainly settled day across the West Highland area. Most ranges will be dry and it will be a bright day too with sunny spells. The best of the sunshine will be towards the Arrochar Alps, Ben Lomond and the hills around Callander. Mountains towards the West Coast such as Ben Cruachan, the Cuillin Ridge on Skye and also the Torridon mountains will keep more in the way of cloud with a few light showers.

Visibility

Very good visibility with most hills in sight clearly visible but it will be rather hazy at times across the hills towards the West Coast.

Hill fog

Occasional fog around 750M becoming rather extensive at times across these hills in the west.

Maximum winds above 600m

Westerly winds becoming southerly during the day with average speeds of 30 to 40mph.

Temperature

Glens	Zero Celsius rising to 9 Celsius.
900 m	Zero Celsius.
Freezing level	900M

Outlook

Wednesday

A very windy day in the hills with gale or even severe gale force southwesterly winds across the summits. Overnight rain will soon clear leaving a good deal of dry and bright weather. However Skye and the Northwest Highlands will keep rather cloudy conditions with scattered showers.

Thursday

A deceptively dry, bright start then cloudy with persistent and heavy rain edging in from west during the morning. There will be snow at first on highest peaks otherwise rain at all levels. Very windy too with gale or severe gale southerly winds.