Southeastern Highlands
The southern Highlands as far west as the Callander area and north to Loch Ericht, Drumochter and summits near Glenshee ski-centre (summits within the historic county of Perthshire). Also Ochils and Angus hills.
Thursday's Forecast
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Patchy cloud and winter sun
Mostly dry with a mix of cloud and sun, patchy cloud occasionally covering some mountain slopes.
Hazy, some fog banks
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Visibility reduced around cloud banks, hazier on some lower slopes. Locally some improvements possible out of cloud.
Cold
Air temperature below 0C all day on higher mountains. Significant chill factor if exposed to strong winds. Suitable protective clothing required.
Winter kit required on higher terrain
Snow cover over higher mountains. Safe progress over some terrain will require suitable footwear - possibly crampons and ice-axe where necessary.
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Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Patchy cloud and winter sun
Mostly dry with a mix of cloud and sun, patchy cloud occasionally covering some mountain slopes.
Hazy, some fog banks
Visibility reduced around cloud banks, hazier on some lower slopes. Locally some improvements possible out of cloud.
Cold
Air temperature below 0C all day on higher mountains. Significant chill factor if exposed to strong winds. Suitable protective clothing required.
Winter kit required on higher terrain
Snow cover over higher mountains. Safe progress over some terrain will require suitable footwear - possibly crampons and ice-axe where necessary.
Viewing Forecast For
Southeastern Highlands
Thursday 19th February 2026
Last updated
Wed 18th Feb 26 at
4:29PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Most mountain terrain remains frozen. Gusty southeasterly wind with significant chill factor. Some snow flurries towards southwest of Highlands with low cloud banks, clearer northward. Light snow fading Peak District and Pennines, low cloud persists here. Generally dry Wales but increasingly windy.
Headline for Southeastern Highlands
Strong gusty wind. Varied cloud banks, but largely dry.
How windy? (On the Munros)
Southeast later southerly, some variability, 25-40mph, strong gusts.
Effect of the wind on you?
Walking arduous with significant wind chill; buffeting gusts make walking uncomfortable in places.
How Wet?
Precipitation unlikely
Rare light snow grains. Later in day, risk some snow flurries moving in from southwest.
Cloud on the hills?
Varied cloud banks, may fill in west
Cloud banks cling to the high slopes of the Munros, some high summits may be above the cloud layer but the wind pushing ragged patches up the hill towards the tops as well. Cloud banks become more extensive from southwest afternoon.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
60%, dropping to 30% central areas.
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sun mostly weakened by high cloud. Very good visibility out of cloud, some haze near the Central Belt.
How Cold? (at 900m)
-3 or -2C, some local variability. Feeling like -15C in direct wind.
Freezing Level
Terrain widely frozen from dawn, thaws to 300-500m, notable local variability.
Viewing Forecast For
Southeastern Highlands
Friday 20th February 2026
Last updated
Wed 18th Feb 26 at
4:29PM
How windy? (On the Munros)
A gusty southwesterly 25-35mph, soon strengthening, reaching 40-55mph, strong gusts and a westerly shift with time.
Effect of the wind on you?
Walking becoming challenging with significant wind chill on high terrain; maintaining stability a constant effort.
How Wet?
Periods of snow, increasingly as rain
Snow spreads widely through the morning, rain to low slopes. Rain isolates towards west of A9 with time, only patches drifting north and east, and the rain level rising to high slopes too.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive over high terrain
High tops shrouded, likely all day, bases reach to middle or lower slopes during rain, but a few higher breaks may occur during cessations in rain as well, best chance in the east afternoon.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Likely cloudy, a few bright breaks possible here and there afternoon. Visibility often poor, but excellent during breaks in cloud and rain.
How Cold? (at 900m)
-1C, rising, reaching +2C. Feeling like -13 to -15C in direct wind.
Freezing Level
500-600m, though variable, some low frosts at dawn; rising with time to the high slopes.
Viewing Forecast For
Southeastern Highlands
Saturday 21st February 2026
Last updated
Wed 18th Feb 26 at
4:29PM
How windy? (On the Munros)
Southwesterly 35 to 50mph; gales up to dawn may briefly lessen, then tending to re-strengthen into afternoon.
Effect of the wind on you?
Expect arduous walking conditions over exposed high terrain most of day, perhaps a brief relative lull in morning.
How Wet?
Rain frequent or persistent
Rain on and off, most persistent central highlands, starting as sleet on highest tops. Smaller amounts east from Glenshee for periods. Risk of widely persistent rain developing with time, heaviest west.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive
Blanketing higher terrain all day, bases rarely above 600-700m west of A9, may lower further. Briefly higher breaks above 800m toward Glenshee and east.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
10%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast and dull, locally brighter skies for a time toward Angus. Hazy, visibility widely poor in rain.
How Cold? (at 900m)
3 or 4C. Where exposed to stronger winds on tops, feeling like -10C.
Freezing Level
Soon rising above all summits from dawn.
Planning Outlook
Toward the weekend, a switch to southwesterly winds, bringing milder conditions - lifting above freezing to tops in England and Wales with substantial thawing, and generally higher freezing levels in Scotland; periods of thawing to Munro summits will occur but also further snowfall and refreezing on higher terrain during the day-to-day variability of precipitation and freezing levels onward into early next week. Often windy with periods of upland gales. Some spells of heavy rain over all western hills and low cloud frequently covering the hills.