Western Highlands accessible from, and south of, Glenfinnan (Road to the Isles) and Glen Spean (includes Creag Meagaidh). This area include Ben Nevis and the mountains around Glencoe. In the east, includes Ben Alder south to Loch Lomond and Trossachs NP. Includes Arran and Mull.
West Highlands
Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated
Sunday 17th January 2021 at
2:38 PM
Scotland: Westerly winds will drive showers across the country; snow above 500m. Cloud covering the hills extensively. England and Wales: Occasional showers; snow higher tops. Hill fog extensive on higher areas. Rain becoming more frequent toward dusk.
Windy with snow showers; sometimes frequent. Extensive hill fog.
Westerly 35 to occasionally 45mph. Near Clyde sea lochs, mostly 30mph.
Extensive considerable buffeting and wind chill where exposed on higher areas.
Showers; sometimes frequent
Showers, of snow above 500m. There may be one or two periods when the precipitation is almost constant over a couple of hours.
Very extensive
Higher areas extensively covered; typical cloud base 500 to 800m, generally lowest near the coast. However, the base likely to lower further where precipitation becomes frequent.
20%
Glimpses of sunshine. Hazy at best; and very poor visibility in snow.
-1C, will feel closer to -20C in direct exposure to the strongest winds.
750m
West Highlands
Tuesday 19th January 2021
Last updated
Sunday 17th January 2021 at
2:38 PM
Wind likely to vary in direction, 10 to 15mph or less.
Mostly negligible.
Risk of snow arriving across southern hills.
Very likely dry for much of the day, especially in the north, but risk of snow setting in across areas south of Glencoe.
Fairly extensive, may break in north.
Fairly extensive banks of cloud across higher slopes; and widely to lower slopes should snow develop in the south. Across Lochaber, some breaks may develop.
40%
Fairly cloudy. Visibility good or very good, but becoming widely very poor should snow develop.
Around -4C
300-500m
West Highlands
Wednesday 20th January 2021
Last updated
Sunday 17th January 2021 at
2:38 PM
Direction varying 5-10mph or less, perhaps later northerly 15mph.
Negligible.
Very likely dry
Dry for much of the area. However, risk of the odd snow showers near the west coast.
Mostly clear, patchy fog some tops/glens.
Very likely many hills clear through the day. However, some banks of fog in the glens from dawn, and also some banks drifting across some high tops at times.
70%
Periods of sunshine. Visibility excellent.
-4C
Most terrain frozen from lowest slopes up after a hard frost overnight.
Precipitation will fall at some stage most days over the next week or two; mostly falling as snow on the mountains - although rain England and Wales early next week. On the Scottish Highlands, terrain will be persistently frozen. Often windy with extensive upland gales.