Follow MountainWeather on Twitter
Follow MWIS on Facebook

Cairngorms National Park, Monadhliath

Support the free distribution of this forecast by visiting our sponsors website.

Select forecast - Today / Wednesday / Thursday

Viewing forecast for Saturday, 28th July, 2012

Forecast last reviewed on Tuesday, 21/05/13 at 07:52


Click here to access the PDF version of the forecast.



Headline, Cairngorms National Park, Monadhliath

Fairly light wind. Heavy showers, mainly afternoon.

How Windy?

West or southwesterly, 15 to 20mph.

Effect Of Wind?

Small.

How Wet?

Areas of heavy showers developing, risk lightning

Areas of showers in morning, mainly west of the A9. Generally, the showers becoming heavier and extending eastwards across Cairngorms NP. In places, the rain will be almost constant for an hour or two. Chance thunder.

Cloud on the hills?

Mostly confined to higher areas

Cloud base will vary. Typically in the range 550m (in rain) to 850m west of A9, with rare breaks to 1000m. Into Cairngorms NP, most cloud between 900 and 1200m, but dropping to nearer 600m at times in rain.

Chance of cloud free Munros?

30% west to 60% east

Sunshine and air clarity?

Patchy sunshine will tend to give way from the west. Visibility often very good, but reduced by rain and foggy on particularly western hills.

How Cold? (at 900m)

6 rising to 8C.

Freezing level

Above the summits.

Planning Outlook for all mountain areas from Wednesday, 22nd May, 2013

A brief spell of very cold and, for a while, gale force northwest to northerly winds later Wednesday and into Thursday with a return of snow showers particularly to the NE Highlands where one should be prepared for brief periods of whiteout conditions combined with very severe wind chill. Threat of an area of rain with snow on summits edging into some eastern ranges later Thursday or Friday. Turning milder with some rain or showers extending from the northwest over the weekend.

Site managed, edited and copyright mwis.org.uk