The southern highlands as far west as the central highlands and north to Ben Alder, Drumochter and summits near Glenshee ski-centre (summits within the historic county of Perthshire). Also Ochils and Angus hills.
Southeastern Highlands
Tuesday 9th March 2021
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Monday 8th March 2021 at
3:36 PM
A weak front moves away northeast, with early areas of rain tending to break up and clear. Low cloud may persist around western mountains of Britain. Southerly winds strengthening later ahead of heavy rain setting in by evening into night, soonest in western Scotland.
Scattered showers morning. Wind increasing to severe gales evening.
Southwest 15 to 25mph; marked increase later in the afternoon and into the evening to 35 to 45mph. Reaching 60-80mph from dusk into night.
Will impede walking at times across higher slopes; and increasingly later in the day becoming arduous. Deteriorating further from sunset.
A few showers morning; rain by evening.
Scattered showers mostly morning, falling as snow above 900-1000m. Then largely dry middle of day into afternoon. During the evening, heavy rain (briefly summit snow) arrives from west to set in onward into night, heaviest west of the A9.
Fairly extensive tops.
Cloud will likely cover higher tops fairly extensively through the day, with occasional shafts down to 700m in rain. Best breaks towards Loch Rannoch.
30%
Mostly cloudy. Visibility good at times, but poor in rain.
1 or 2C. By dusk, wind chill close to -15C on higher summits.
1000-1200m.
Southeastern Highlands
Wednesday 10th March 2021
Last updated
Monday 8th March 2021 at
3:36 PM
Southwesterly 30 to 45mph from dawn, easing to 20mph for a few hours before increasing to 35 to 50mph in the evening.
Walking at times arduous through the day, but a lull likely for a few hours, then widely difficult conditions late in the day.
Snow showers, especially in the west.
Snow and hail showers; these frequent for a time in the west. These will give way to a persistent rain and above 600m snow later in the day. All turning to rain into night, heavy falls west of the A9.
Extensive higher slopes.
Cloud will shroud higher slopes above 700-900m extensively through the day. Later in the day, bases descending to lower slopes.
20%
Mostly cloudy. Visibility sometimes poor due to rain/snow.
-1 or -2C; then rising above freezing from dusk.
600-800m, then lifting above summits into evening, but will lower again through night.
Southeastern Highlands
Thursday 11th March 2021
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Monday 8th March 2021 at
3:36 PM
Westerly 45 to 60mph.
Difficult conditions across the mountains most of the day. Severe wind chill.
Hail or snow showers
Clusters of showers coming in from the west, locally very frequent for periods, particularly west of the A9. Hail, and snow at times falling below 500m. Chance isolated thunder.
Varied, mostly higher tops
Cloud bases changing quickly between showers: often above 800 to 1000m, but in Perthshire fairly persistent on high tops. Briefly below 700m in showers. Breaks to higher tops mostly toward east.
40%
Bursts of sun away from showers. Often very good visibility, but suddenly reduced by showers.
-3C, perhaps a few degrees higher just at first.
650 to 800m; lowering up to dusk.
Very unsettled through the middle of this week as a series of low pressure systems move to the north of Britain. Persistent gale force winds across the mountains, stormy at times. Heavy rain will make western areas very wet underfoot. Temperatures falling below freezing on higher mountains, particularly by Thursday, resulting in some fresh snow accumulations on tops. Heavy showers will also contain hail and a risk of thunder. Scottish mountains likely to stay sub-zero into the weekend, with some freeze and thaw cycles elsewhere. Into next week, indications favour an improvement from the south as high pressure rebuilds.