Met Office: West Highland: latest wind

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Overview for Friday

A rather cold northerly airstream affects Scotland's hills and mountains through Friday with some wintry showers in the north and the best of the sunshine expected across southern hills.

Hazards	Risk	Explanation
Blizzards	No Risk
Heavy snow	No Risk
Storm force winds	No Risk
Gales	Low	Gusts close to 50mph over ridges and summits in the east.
Severe chill effect	Low	Strong to near gale force winds and temperatures below freezing give a significant wind-chill.
Persistent and extensive hill fog	Low	Periods above about 600m in the north.
Thunderstorms	No Risk
Heavy persistent rain	No Risk

Hazards

Risk

Explanation

Blizzards

No Risk

Heavy snow

No Risk

Storm force winds

No Risk

Gales

Low

Gusts close to 50mph over ridges and summits in the east.

Severe chill effect

Low

Strong to near gale force winds and temperatures below freezing give a significant wind-chill.

Persistent and extensive hill fog

Low

Periods above about 600m in the north.

Thunderstorms

No Risk

Heavy persistent rain

No Risk

Weather summary and probability of precipitation for Friday
Dawn to 0900	0900 to 1200	1200 to 1500	1500 to dusk
Cloudy	Sunny intervals	Sunny intervals	Sunny intervals
30%	30%	20%	10%

Weather summary and probability of precipitation for Friday

Dawn to 0900

0900 to 1200

1200 to 1500

1500 to dusk

Cloudy

Sunny intervals

30%

20%

10%

Detailed mountain weather forecast: West Highlands

Friday
Saturday
Outlook

Friday

Weather

A bright but rather cloudy day for the Northwest Highlands and the Cuillins with the occasional, mainly light snow shower, these falling as rain below about 450m. For the likes of Lochaber, Argyll and the Trossachs there will be rather more in the way of sunny spells and fewer showers with many places remaining dry.

Visibility

Excellent falling moderate or poor in snow showers.

Hill fog

Periods, but occasional at times in the south, above 900m lowering to 600m in or near showers.

Maximum winds above 600m

Northerly or northwesterly at 20 to 30mph, with gusts around 45mph over ridges and summits in the east.

Temperature

Glens	Plus 1 Celsius rising to plus 7 Celsius
900 m	Minus 1 Celsius with a significant wind- chill
Freezing level	600m.

Saturday

Weather

A bright day with sunny spells and occasional showers, falling increasingly as snow above about 750m. However the showers are expected to be fewer and further between across the Trossachs where we will see the best of the sunshine.

Visibility

Excellent falling moderate in showers, but poor or very poor in snow showers

Hill fog

Occasional above 750m becoming periods above about 600m in or near showers.

Maximum winds above 600m

Northwesterly 25 to 35mph with gusts 50mph over ridges and summits.

Temperature

Glens	Zero Celsius rising to plus 8 Celsius
900 m	Zero Celsius.
Freezing level	900m, but frozen surfaces to lower levels possible at first.

Outlook

Sunday

A rather cloudy day with outbreaks of rain, falling as snow above about 750m, heaviest and most persistent across the Northwest Highlands. The best of any drier, brighter conditions expected to be across southern Argyll, Trossachs, southern Perthshire hills and the Angus hills. Strong to gale force northwesterly winds. Freezing level 900m.

Monday

A rather cloudy start with outbreaks of rain, and Munro snow, but it should become drier and brighter from the southwest during the afternoon. Strong northwesterly winds backing more southwesterly later. Freezing level 1000m.

Tuesday

Rather cloudy with outbreaks of rain, snow over the higher summits, most persistent across western hills with some drier, brighter interludes in the east. Strong to gale force southwesterly winds. Freezing level 1000m.