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.
Thursday's Forecast
Moderate breeze, locally gusty
A noticeable breeze, feeling cool where exposed on tops. Locally may be gusty, but unlikely to affect walking progress. 15-25mph.
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.
Hazy
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Hazy views with lack of air clarity giving only weak views of distant mountains, but little if any affect on nearby navigation
Very warm
Warm conditions across the hills, rising above 17C on tops. Increasingly hot on lower terrain, reaching 25C+ in many valleys. Beware of dehydration.
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Moderate breeze, locally gusty
A noticeable breeze, feeling cool where exposed on tops. Locally may be gusty, but unlikely to affect walking progress. 15-25mph.
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.
Hazy
Hazy views with lack of air clarity giving only weak views of distant mountains, but little if any affect on nearby navigation
Very warm
Warm conditions across the hills, rising above 17C on tops. Increasingly hot on lower terrain, reaching 25C+ in many valleys. Beware of dehydration.
Viewing Forecast For
West Highlands
Thursday 14th August 2025
Last updated
Wed 13th Aug 25 at
2:58PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Continued very humid weather, and a change toward less warmth, will lead to vary varied conditions - difficult to give detail - across the hills. Areas of rain, in places thundery, and low cloud will be most extensive morning; but an overall improvement will be slow and patchy.
Headline for West Highlands
Areas of rain and low cloud mostly morning: will tend to improve.
How windy? (On the Munros)
Direction variable 10mph or less; tending to become westerly and perhaps 15 or 20mph by evening.
Effect of the wind on you?
Small
How Wet?
Patches rain; thundery in places. Will tend to improve.
A mix of patches of drizzly rain and heavy thundery rain will drift northwards, missing some areas whilst raining for perhaps several hours in other areas. Will tend to improve, although still rain here and there later afternoon.
Cloud on the hills?
Varied: some summits clearing, but overall extensive particularly near coast
Fog, sometimes from coastal cliffs up (particularly morning) and from lower slopes up up to a few miles inland. Further inland, very varied morning, areas of low cloud, but some summits free of cloud. Slowly more higher slopes and summits will clear.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
20% near the coast to in afternoon 50% well inland
Sunshine and air clarity?
Ranging from frequently dull near the coast and particularly morning misty, to occasional sunshine well inland with haze gradually thinning.
How Cold? (at 900m)
13 to 16C, warmest well inland.
Freezing Level
Above the summits
Viewing Forecast For
West Highlands
Friday 15th August 2025
Last updated
Wed 13th Aug 25 at
2:58PM
How windy? (On the Munros)
Generally northwesterly 10mph or less.
Effect of the wind on you?
Negligible
How Wet?
Rain not expected
Cloud on the hills?
Very extensive; but breaking off some or many higher areas
Continued low confidence: With continuing high humidity, there may well be at least ribbons of fog from some or many valleys upward in morning. There may be little improvement all day some coastal slopes, but otherwise, increasingly the fog lifting.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
20% rising to 60%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Widely dull morning, but increasingly sunshine breaking through - possibly staying dull and misty Jura and Mull. Elsewhere, fog clearing to excellent visibility
How Cold? (at 900m)
10C close to the coast to in afternoon 15 to perhaps 17C well inland.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
West Highlands
Saturday 16th August 2025
Last updated
Wed 13th Aug 25 at
2:58PM
How windy? (On the Munros)
Direction varied; almost calm on some summits, rarely more than 10mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Negligible
How Wet?
Rain very unlikely
Cloud on the hills?
Most summits cloud free, particularly afternoon
Banks of fog after dawn, in places from valleys or lower slopes up, but some areas, particularly toward the coast cloud free. By midday, still low cloud here and there, but the mountains increasingly cloud free.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
30% rising to 80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Cloud breaking (initially western mountains) increasingly widely to give bright sunshine. Excellent or superb visibility after the fog and mist clears.
How Cold? (at 900m)
Ranging between 7 and 11C after dawn to 13 to 16C afternoon, generally coldest where in cloud.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Planning Outlook
High pressure, generally centred near northern Britain, will develop and persist well into next week, bringing low rainfall (although here and there thundery showers) and for most mountains extensive sunshine and light wind. Nevertheless, cloud will come and go, most widely across more eastern mountains. It will remain very warm.