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Follow the latest musings of our MWIS forecasters discussing the intricacies of the British weather in the mountain environment. In addition our MWIS Ambassadors will be blogging on all aspects of adventure and safety in the mountains. A brief bio of our ambassadors can be found at the following link:

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Inversion forecasts – and how far you can trust them
POSTED BY Dominik // 8th Nov 24

Sea of clouds below you? Maybe. Perhaps. Likely. But not really sure.

Inversion conditions as spring begins
POSTED BY Garry // 1st Mar 21

Quick look at Tuesday's low cloud situation

Somewhere over the fogbow
POSTED BY Garry // 18th Oct 20

Fogbows, glories and spectres...

Gusty easterlies ahead
POSTED BY Garry // 16th Sep 20

A squeeze of air across the hills. Possible Helm Wind over Pennines.

Waves and ripples
POSTED BY Garry // 3rd Sep 20

An inversion above the hills creates interesting cloud forms.

The wonder of inversions
POSTED BY Garry // 15th Aug 20

What causes these magical scenes?