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The Northwest Highlands
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Viewing forecast for Wednesday, 4th July, 2012
Forecast last reviewed on Saturday, 18/05/13 at 16:12
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Headline, The Northwest Highlands
Occasional rain; heavy and possibly thundery later on. Light wind.
How Windy?
Southeasterly, 20mph, dropping to around 15mph through the day.
Effect Of Wind?
Small.
How Wet?
Occasional rain. Risk heavy bursts with lightning later.
One or two pulses of rain will move northwards, with risk of heavy rain and chance of thunder in afternoon or evening.
Cloud on the hills?
Mostly confined to higher areas
Cloud base will vary, with many western hills clearing for periods. Nevertheless, cloud base often 800 to 1100m. In rain, the cloud will lower toward or occasionally below 600m, perhaps extensively eastern Sutherland throughout the day.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
50%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Occasional sun, mainly western hills. Slight haze, and visibility poor in heavy rain, and often foggy on higher areas.
How Cold? (at 900m)
11 to 13C.
Freezing level
Above the summits.
Planning Outlook for all mountain areas from Monday, 20th May, 2013
Warm with continued rapid melting of remaining snow at higher levels on Monday and for most of Tuesday with a good deal of sunshine and very little precipitation. Gradually turning cooler and cloudier from the northwest from late Tuesday. Probably only small amounts of rain and winds generally remaining fairly light. A divergence of views towards next weekend with some models pointing to high pressure persisting just to the west of Ireland bringing mainly dry weather and others pointing to more unsettled weather slowly extending southwards at least across northern ranges.