Cairngorms NP and Monadhliath
Cairngorms National Park and Monadhliath. Also includes the Ben Alder area hills between Loch Ericht and Loch Laggan.
Today's Forecast
Light wind, negligible impact
Little wind or walking hardly affected by the wind, but feeling chilly if exposed on tops. 10-15mph or less.
Thunderstorm
Heavy or torrential downpours with hail, risk of thunder and lightning. Seek shelter where possible.
Poor visibility
Very murky conditions, the mountains shrouded in fog, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
Mild
Air temperature above freezing to highest summits. May feel pleasantly warm on lower ground, but take appropriate layers. Feeling chilly if exposed to wind.
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Light wind, negligible impact
Little wind or walking hardly affected by the wind, but feeling chilly if exposed on tops. 10-15mph or less.
Thunderstorm
Heavy or torrential downpours with hail, risk of thunder and lightning. Seek shelter where possible.
Poor visibility
Very murky conditions, the mountains shrouded in fog, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
Mild
Air temperature above freezing to highest summits. May feel pleasantly warm on lower ground, but take appropriate layers. Feeling chilly if exposed to wind.
Viewing Forecast For
Cairngorms NP and Monadhliath
Sunday 5th May 2024
Last updated
Sat 4th May 24 at
4:00PM
Summary for all mountain areas
A slack weather pattern with light winds and fairly humid air. A lot of cloud around the mountains with patchy drizzle in the morning. Cloud lifting and breaking a little into the afternoon, but local thundery downpours will form, greatest risk for the Cairngorms area. Some rain moves into Wales from the south.
Headline for Cairngorms NP and Monadhliath
Light winds, varied cloud. Threat of thunderstorms afternoon.
How windy? (On the Munros)
Variable 5-10mph, at times calm. Around heavy bursts of rain, risk sudden gusts 25mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small
How Wet?
Drizzle, then heavy showers and thunderstorms afternoon-evening.
Pockets of drizzle and patchy rain from dawn into morning. By afternoon, will develop into heavy showers, slow-moving torrential bursts and thunderstorms forming, locally rain lasting an hour or more into evening.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive, local breaks as bases slowly rise.
Within a humid environment, expect extensive hill fog through the day. Lowest cloud bases in morning, before slow rise of into afternoon with local breaks. Ragged patches returning at various levels in heavy rain.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Little or no sun. Hazy, or murky in morning also around heavy rain later.
How Cold? (at 900m)
6 to 8C, warmest towards and into afternoon.
Freezing Level
Above the summits
Viewing Forecast For
Cairngorms NP and Monadhliath
Monday 6th May 2024
Last updated
Sat 4th May 24 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the Munros)
Light and variable, 5 to 10mph or at times calm. Risk local sudden gusts of 25mph around heavy showers.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small
How Wet?
Patchy rain, then thundery showers.
Patches of rain here and there in morning, but some areas dry. Then slow-moving heavy downpours forming, scattered thunderstorms into the afternoon.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive, some local breaks
Low cloud very likely widespread from dawn with banks from lower slopes. Slow rise in base, will allow some breaks, but these filling in again in the downpours.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Mostly overcast with rare glimpses of sun. Hazy, with rather murky conditions, may improve to become good at times, away from rain when visibility will be poor.
How Cold? (at 900m)
6 or 7C
Freezing Level
Above the summits
Viewing Forecast For
Cairngorms NP and Monadhliath
Tuesday 7th May 2024
Last updated
Sat 4th May 24 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the Munros)
Mostly variable 5-10mph or less. Possibly northerly 15-20mph at first.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small
How Wet?
Drizzle fades, chance a shower
Patchy drizzly rain in the morning, tending to fade out. Chance of localised showers forming into afternoon, mainly southern Cairngorms NP.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting with increasing breaks
Banks of cloud at various heights in the morning, patchy fog in some glens. Will lift toward higher slopes with some breaks forming toward tops, best later in day.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
50%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Mostly cloudy, glimpses of sun. Misty early in the day, visibility becoming good.
How Cold? (at 900m)
3 to 6C.
Freezing Level
Above the summits
Planning Outlook
Weather patterns remain slow-moving, but high pressure tends to build into midweek to bring a fair amount of dry weather which may well last through next weekend. Briefly cooler in northern Scotland early in the week, but mostly fairly warm and winds often light. Some rain-bearing fronts may return to northwestern Scotland at times. Occasional scattered showers in the afternoons elsewhere.