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.
Tuesday's Forecast
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Patchy rain or drizzle
Rain on and off, or generally drizzly - total amounts small, but may be persistently damp, especially where hills are shrouded in cloud.
Chilly
Air temperature typically 0 to 5C on higher summits. Feeling distinctly chilly on tops when stationary or where exposed to wind. Take appropriate layers.
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 rain or drizzle
Rain on and off, or generally drizzly - total amounts small, but may be persistently damp, especially where hills are shrouded in cloud.
Chilly
Air temperature typically 0 to 5C on higher summits. Feeling distinctly chilly on tops when stationary or where exposed to wind. Take appropriate layers.
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
Tuesday 31st March 2026
Last updated
Mon 30th Mar 26 at
3:50PM
Summary for all mountain areas
A foggy, drizzly start for most, fog to lower slopes in western coastal areas. Fog lifts with time and drizzly rain eases, bursts of sun breaking out east, and perhaps more widely afternoon. Fog and drizzle lingers longest west Scotland and south Pennines. Blustery early, easing for most; a mild feel in England and Wales.
Headline for Southeastern Highlands
Blustery in exposure; drizzle and fog west, sun breaks east
How windy? (On the Munros)
West to southwesterly, 20 to 30mph, gusty 35mph in places around exposed high tops and ridges. Trending southwesterly with time.
Effect of the wind on you?
Blustery over high terrain, affecting comfortable walking and balance on some exposed ridges with considerable wind chill.
How Wet?
Patchy drizzle, mostly central highlands
Early in the day, some patchy rain drifting east, soon passing. A little drizzle in the air follows, most common towards central highlands and Loch Ericht, but amounting to little. Often dry Glenshee and east.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive higher areas, best breaks east
Shrouding most hills in the morning above 700-900m, lowest west of the A9, some lower banks for a time. Tending to rise and break with time, best toward east, with some summit breaks likely though perhaps only brief. Fewer breaks to the west, but generally becoming more broken through the afternoon.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
20%, rising to 60% easternmost tops.
Sunshine and air clarity?
Bursts of sun, mostly eastern areas, a few glimpses further west with time. Poor visibility on much higher terrain at least in morning, becoming good where cloud lifts and breaks.
How Cold? (at 900m)
4 or 5C, approaching 6C around Glenshee. Feeling like -5C directly in the wind.
Freezing Level
Above freezing up to all summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Southeastern Highlands
Wednesday 1st April 2026
Last updated
Mon 30th Mar 26 at
3:50PM
How windy? (On the Munros)
Southwesterly 30 to 45mph, stronger gusts for a time around high tops, may lessen and become variable later.
Effect of the wind on you?
Arduous walking conditions with buffeting gusts high tops, locally downslope to east, may lessen later. Significant wind chill.
How Wet?
Rain developing, snow to tops later
Patchy rain or scattered drizzly showers, developing into more persistent rain central highlands afternoon, spreading widely and turning heavier, later turning to snow on higher terrain.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive
Covering higher slopes particularly central highlands most or all day above 800-1000m, lowest in constant precipitation, to 600-700m. Higher breaks east of the A9.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Largely cloudy, local brighter moments east of the A9. Visibility increasingly poor as rain sets in, very poor where in snow.
How Cold? (at 900m)
4C, tending to drop to 1 or 2C, possibly 0C by later in the day. Feeling like -10C in exposure to wind.
Freezing Level
Above all summits through morning, then dropping close to high tops, perhaps lowering further from dusk.
Viewing Forecast For
Southeastern Highlands
Thursday 2nd April 2026
Last updated
Mon 30th Mar 26 at
3:50PM
How windy? (On the Munros)
Variable 15mph or less in the morning, turning southerly and strengthening, 15-25mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small, but beginning to feel blustery in exposure as the afternoon goes.
How Wet?
Likely dry
Small chance of some snow flurries affecting hills east of Glenshee, perhaps Angus as well (falling as rain below 500-700m).
Cloud on the hills?
Mostly high terrain, some breaks
Cloud mostly confined above 900-1000m, some lower banks early in the day. For a time, some breaks off summits probable, best east; the cloud layer spreading more widely across high terrain around Callander/Loch Tay with time.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
50% east, lowering to 30% west
Sunshine and air clarity?
Bursts of sunshine, the sun most consistent on lower slopes. Very good visibility.
How Cold? (at 900m)
-3C lifting to -1C or 0C.
Freezing Level
Terrain widely frozen at dawn. Rising, approaching 800-900m.
Planning Outlook
A drop of temperature is expected across Scotland during Wednesday as a band of rain drifts slowly southwards, turning to heavy upland snow. Atlantic weather patterns and west-southwesterly winds follow behind into the start of the Easter period at least, but day-to-day detail is uncertain. Temperature and wind will be variable, periods of gales and possibly often cold over the mountains with snow and hail showers at times to lower elevations at least in Scotland, sometimes more widely, mixed with some spells of rain - precipitation generally most frequent west and northwest, though bands of heavy rain will sweep east at times. Some windows of drier and brighter conditions, as well as milder days in England and Wales, occasionally milder Scotland too.