West Highlands
Western Highlands accessible from, and south of, Glenfinnan (Road to the Isles) and Glen Spean (includes Creag Meagaidh). This area includes Ben Nevis and the mountains around Glencoe. In the east, from Ben Alder south to Loch Lomond and Trossachs NP. Also Arran and Mull.
Sunday'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.
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.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
Cool to mild
Air temperature 5 to 10C on higher terrain. Comfortable temperatures on lower terrain, but feeling chilly if exposed to wind higher up, especially if stationary. Pack extra layers.
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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.
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.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
Cool to mild
Air temperature 5 to 10C on higher terrain. Comfortable temperatures on lower terrain, but feeling chilly if exposed to wind higher up, especially if stationary. Pack extra layers.
Viewing Forecast For
West Highlands
Sunday 16th August 2026
Last updated
Sat 15th Aug 26 at
4:00PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Mostly light rain and drizzle will drift in from the west, some western hills often damp throughout the day and shrouded in cloud. Rain patchier northeastward across the Highlands, but a risk of local bursts of rain forming in the afternoon. Mid & south Wales largely dry. Generally light winds.
Headline for West Highlands
Often damp, light rain and low cloud.
How windy? (On the Munros)
Westerly 10-15mph, at times less and direction variable, particularly Lochaber afternoon. Near coast turning southerly 10-20mph afternoon, strongest later Arran to Jura.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small.
How Wet?
Mix of steady light rain and drizzle
Near the coast, drizzly on the hills much of the day and more widely damp for periods as areas of steady light rain drift from the west across the region, odd heavier moments locally. Some drier windows mainly well inland Lochaber.
Cloud on the hills?
Shrouding high terrain, lower coasts
Fairly extensive, lowest bases toward coasts often to middle slopes or lower, increasingly to lowest slopes later in day. Inland often covered above 700-900m, lowest in rain; some breaks forming, but rarely above 1000m.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
Almost nil coasts, 10% well inland.
Sunshine and air clarity?
Largely cloudy, dull. Varied visibility, good visibility out of cloud and rain inland; poor visibility for periods, often misty coastal hills.
How Cold? (at 900m)
7C, slight rise inland.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
West Highlands
Monday 17th August 2026
Last updated
Sat 15th Aug 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the Munros)
Southwesterly, strengthening from 20mph or less early in day, toward 40mph into evening, or sooner coasts and islands.
Effect of the wind on you?
Starting fairly small, but increasingly affecting ease of walking, later likely more challenging over high terrain.
How Wet?
Rain develops, sets in heavy
Patchy light rain spills in from the west in the morning, becoming increasingly persistent and heavier with time, prolonged heavy falls setting in widely for several hours late afternoon through evening. Rain stays frequent into night.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive and low
Covering many hills all day, persistent to lower coastal slopes, some early breaks possible well inland. Cloud likely to widely lower to blanket the hills from 300-600m upward, highest well inland.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
Below 10%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Largely overcast and dull. Good visibility reducing to poor as rain develops, becoming murky.
How Cold? (at 900m)
9 or 10C. As wind increases, feeling nearer to freezing where exposed on tops.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
West Highlands
Tuesday 18th August 2026
Last updated
Sat 15th Aug 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the Munros)
West-southwesterly 25 to 40mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Affecting ease of walking, in places more frequent buffeting making movement challenging. Considerable wind chill.
How Wet?
Rain on and off
Showery rain throughout the day, odd heavier bursts inland by afternoon.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive, lowest coasts
Often covering coastal hills above 600 to 800m, inland more often the cloud above 800m, higher breaks forming afternoon.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Fairly cloudy with brief sun. Visibility good, but reduced in showers and slight coastal haze.
How Cold? (at 900m)
7 or 8C, trending cooler later in day. Feeling near or below freezing in the wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Planning Outlook
Low pressure initially to the north of Scotland early in the new week will eventually envelop the whole of Britain next week bringing generally unsettled and cooler conditions increasingly widely. Often blustery widely, west turning northerly winds later in week - becoming notably chilly over higher mountains. Rain extends into Scotland on Monday, turning heavy, then moves south over England and Wales by Monday night into early Tuesday. The rest of the week sees showery rain common for all areas, the rain most persistent in western Scotland, but heavier showery bursts and thundery downpours become widespread mid to late week.