Southeastern Highlands
The southern Highlands as far west as the Callander area and north to Loch Ericht, Drumochter and summits near Glenshee ski-centre (summits within the historic county of Perthshire). Also Ochils and Angus hills.
Saturday's Forecast
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Heavy snow and hail showers, isolated lightning
Showery precipitation, often heavy, may merge to become constant for periods. A mix of snow and hail often falling to lower slopes. Risk of very localised thunder and lightning.
Cold
Air temperature below 0C all day on higher mountains. Significant chill factor if exposed to strong winds. Suitable protective clothing required.
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Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Heavy snow and hail showers, isolated lightning
Showery precipitation, often heavy, may merge to become constant for periods. A mix of snow and hail often falling to lower slopes. Risk of very localised thunder and lightning.
Cold
Air temperature below 0C all day on higher mountains. Significant chill factor if exposed to strong winds. Suitable protective clothing required.
Viewing Forecast For
Southeastern Highlands
Saturday 11th April 2026
Last updated
Fri 10th Apr 26 at
4:30PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Windy with significant chill factor. Gales develop and strengthen with time England & Wales. At first, a band of persistent snowfall across the hills, rain lower slopes, soon moving away eastwards, leaving clearer conditions and scattered showers, but becoming locally heavy with hail and chance of thunder.
Headline for Southeastern Highlands
Gales ease, but increase again later. Snow and hail showers.
How windy? (On the Munros)
Southerly 40-50mph at dawn, easing in morning to 30-35mph, briefly less for a time up to noon. Then strengthening again during afternoon, later 40-50mph, reaching 60mph toward dusk, soonest central areas.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous walking with significant wind chill on high terrain, briefly improving, later becoming more arduous over the mountains, deteriorating through sunset.
How Wet?
Early snow; then hail and snow showers afternoon
Snow at dawn, rain below 500m, tending to soon break up and clear eastwards. A scattering of hail and snow showers then form, locally heavy into afternoon with chance of isolated thunder.
Cloud on the hills?
Most extensive early, breaks afternoon
Fairly extensive at dawn with cloud to middle slopes. Beginning to break from the west with bases lifting, often clearing summits between showers, but returning to summits around showers, occasional lower banks too.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
20% rising to 60%
Sunshine and air clarity?
A cloudy dawn, bursts of sun soon breaking from the west. Soon very good visibility early in day, though suddenly poor in showers.
How Cold? (at 900m)
-1C rising to 0 or +1C afternoon. Feeling like -10 to -12C in direct wind, colder by evening.
Freezing Level
Variable, around 600-700m in morning, locally some lower slopes, tending to rise toward 900-1000m afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Southeastern Highlands
Sunday 12th April 2026
Last updated
Fri 10th Apr 26 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the Munros)
Southerly, 45 to 60mph, stronger gusts higher mountains and in showers. Tending to lessen gradually afternoon-evening.
Effect of the wind on you?
Difficult walking conditions, powerful squally gusts could knock you over on exposed terrain. Significant wind chill.
How Wet?
Increasingly heavy showers, hail, snow
Showers most common across central highlands in morning, but increasingly widespread with time; heavy bursts with hail, snow at times falling toward 600m, risk of isolated thunder.
Cloud on the hills?
Varying, most frequent west
Frequently covering higher terrain above 900 to 1000m in central highlands, some patches to 700m or lower in showers, but brief breaks to upper slopes. Further east, cloud often higher, but lowering showers.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Intermittent bright sunshine, sunniest toward east in the morning. Visibility changing suddenly from very good to briefly appalling in snow/hail and cloud.
How Cold? (at 900m)
0 or -1C rising to +1 or 2C. Wind chill feeling like -15C on tops.
Freezing Level
800-900m from dawn, rising to 1000-1100m, then lowering again from dusk; briefly dropping also in showers.
Viewing Forecast For
Southeastern Highlands
Monday 13th April 2026
Last updated
Fri 10th Apr 26 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the Munros)
South to southeasterly 20 to 25mph, likely strongest in east, risk 30mph morning; may drop slightly lower in afternoon.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small, but more noticeably blustery on some exposed tops, giving considerable wind chill.
How Wet?
Hail showers forming increasingly
A largely dry start, but a scattering of brief showers forming into middle of day, becoming widespread into afternoon, briefly heavy with hail, also snow may fall to 600m. Risk isolated thunder & lightning.
Cloud on the hills?
Varied in showers
Patches of cloud around some slopes in morning, mostly southern areas, lifting above many tops for a time, but will then come and go on tops around showers.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
60%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Broken cloud and sun, but cloud filling in for periods. Visibility excellent, but briefly very poor in showers.
How Cold? (at 900m)
-1C rising to +1 or 2C. Wind chill feeling like -6C to near -10C at first on tops.
Freezing Level
800m at first, also frost in sheltered glens; rising to 1000-1100m into middle of day and afternoon.
Planning Outlook
Chilly and showery conditions to start the new week, hail and a risk of isolated thunder into Monday afternoon, but less windy than the weekend. Drier for much of Tuesday, but rain and strengthening south-southwesterly winds likely return from the west later. Milder into mid-late next week, but Scottish high tops above 1200m close to freezing at times. Showers or more persistent rain mostly in the west, accompanied by strong winds Wednesday-Thursday. Higher pressure builds toward next weekend, bringing drier conditions overall; some chilly nights but fairly mild spring days.