MWIS Blog

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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Frequent Heavy Showers in NW Scotland
POSTED BY Mehmet // 27th May 22

Why have we been getting frequent, intense showers in north west Scotland? Mehmet explains what's driving our recent weather.

Winter-time showers and a Pembroke Dangler!
POSTED BY Garry // 5th Nov 21

Welcome to wintry weather patterns!

Here comes the 528 line!
POSTED BY Garry // 30th Nov 20

A look 'behind the scenes' of forecasting charts, and what's so special about that fabled line?

Polar Maritime Returns!
POSTED BY Garry // 24th Sep 20

Classic cool air weather patterns around Britain and the north Atlantic.

Classic winter westerlies
POSTED BY Garry // 11th Feb 20

Textbook meteorology in action currently...