Cairngorms National Park and Monadhliath. Also includes the Ben Alder area hills between Loch Ericht and Loch Laggan.
Cairngorms NP and Monadhliath
Wednesday 3rd March 2021
Last updated
Tuesday 2nd March 2021 at
3:50 PM
Most mountains remain clear and sunny above an inversion, whilst low level cloud or fog will thin only slowly in some areas, focused toward the east, leaving low level haze. Very little wind overall. In south Wales, risk localised bursts of rain occurring.
Little wind. Areas of sunshine and low level fog. Chillier later.
Little wind; direction varying. Later in the day, becoming northeasterly 10-15mph.
Mostly negligible.
No rain expected
Summits widely clear
Areas of low level fog in the morning, focused toward the north and east, slowly thinning. The hills generally above the fog. Toward evening, some cloud banks may drift in from the north onto the Cairngorms.
Above 90% (above lower fog in places).
Mostly sunny higher slopes, and breaking through lower down as fog clears. Visibility excellent above fog; a low level haze may persist.
2 or 3C. Then dropping below 0C from north into evening & night.
Frost some glens at dawn. Above the summits through day; dropping rapidly sub-zero into the night.
Cairngorms NP and Monadhliath
Thursday 4th March 2021
Last updated
Tuesday 2nd March 2021 at
3:50 PM
Northeasterly, 20 to 25mph.
Fairly small effect on walking, but prepare for significant wind chill where exposed on higher terrain.
Snow flurries
Occasional snow flurries spreading in from the northeast, locally may be frequent for an hour or so.
Extensive
Likely to often shroud higher mountains, cloud bases 500 to 700m north and eastern Cairngorms, locally may be lower for a time. Tending to rise later in day. Breaks most common around Ben Alder.
20%
Mostly cloudy, a little sun may break through. Visibility very good, but reduced around showers.
-4C, perhaps a few degrees higher at first.
Lowering to between 400 and 600m, lowest north & eastern Cairngorms.
Cairngorms NP and Monadhliath
Friday 5th March 2021
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Tuesday 2nd March 2021 at
3:50 PM
Direction varied, mostly little wind.
Negligible
Precipitation not expected
Mostly very little
Occasional patches of cloud on higher slopes, most likely eastern Cairngorms NP.
70%
Frequently sunny. Excellent visibility.
-4C, rising slowly to -2C.
Frost into most glens at dawn; rising toward 600m, locally 800m by afternoon.
High pressure will dominate through to the weekend and substantially dry conditions prevail. Much colder air arrives from the north for a few days - dropping several degrees below freezing on higher mountains. Also notably harder frosts in most glens and valleys late this week. Gradual changes are likely over the weekend, becoming generally unsettled next week as westerly winds return, with precipitation then becoming frequent again. Temperatures are likely to vary next week, but perhaps often chilly with some upland snowfalls likely; periods of gales returning.