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East Highland: latest weather

Sunday, 8 November 2009: dawn to dusk

Forecast issued: 0440 on Sunday, 8 November 2009

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Overview for Sunday

A mainly fine day with long spells of sunshine, although mist and fog in the glens may be slow to clear.

Hazards Risk Explanation
Blizzards No Risk  
Heavy snow No Risk  
Storm force winds No Risk  
Gales No Risk  
Severe chill effect Low Low temperatures but winds expected to be generally light.
Persistent and extensive hill fog Low Risk of low level mist and fog lifting to produce a period of hill fog during the morning.
Thunderstorms No Risk  
Heavy persistent rain No Risk  

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Weather summary and probability of precipitation for Sunday
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Detailed mountain weather forecast: East Highlands

Sunday

Weather

Early mist and fog in the straths and glens clearing through the morning, otherwise a fine day with long sunny spells and just the outside chance of a shower, wintry above 750m, for hills close to the coast.

Visibility

Excellent but moderate or poor in any wintry showers, and poor with fog patches in the straths and glens at first.

Hill fog

Generally just patches above 750m but there is a risk of a thin layer of hill fog developing for a time as mist and fog lifts from the straths and glens.

Maximum winds above 600m

Mainly northeast at 20mph or less.

Temperature

Glens Minus 4 Celsius rising to plus 7 Celsius
900 m Zero Celsius.
Freezing level Around 900m but frozen surfaces expected down to car park level during the morning.

Monday

Weather

Another largely fine day with good spells of sunshine, although mist and fog in the straths and glens once again likely to linger well into the morning. However cloud, above the summits, is expected to increase through the afternoon.

Visibility

Excellent but poor with fog patches in the straths and glens at first.

Hill fog

Generally just patches above 750m but once again there is a risk of a thin layer of hill fog developing for a time as mist and fog lifts from the straths and glens.

Maximum winds above 600m

Variable 15mph or less becoming southerly at 25mph

Temperature

Glens Minus 4 Celsius rising to plus 7 Celsius.
900 m Zero Celsius rising to plus 4 Celsius.
Freezing level Around 900m rising to 1200m.

Outlook

Tuesday

Cloudy with outbreaks of mainly light rain, risk of snow on Munros, but brighter drier conditions reaching western hills by mid-morning and spreading east through the rest of the day, clearing eastern hills by mid-afternoon. Strong southwesterly winds veering westerly and decreasing. Freezing level around 1200m.

Wednesday

Mainly dry with long sunny spells. Cloud increasing above the summits in the west towards dusk. Strengthening southerly winds. Freezing level around 1000m.

Thursday

Generally cloudy and wet with persistent and at times heavy rain, risk of snow on the summits, the rain likely to be patchier across the northern Cairngorms and the Northwest Highlands. Gale force southeasterly winds. Freezing level expected to be just above the highest summits.

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