West Highlands
Western Highlands accessible from, and south of, Glenfinnan (Road to the Isles) and Glen Spean (includes Creag Meagaidh). This area includes Ben Nevis and the mountains around Glencoe. In the east, from Ben Alder south to Loch Lomond and Trossachs NP. Also Arran and Mull.
Monday's Forecast
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Sunshine and showers
A good amount of dry and bright weather, but scattered bursts of rain, some may be locally heavy.
Cool to mild
Air temperature 5 to 10C on higher terrain. Comfortable temperatures on lower terrain, but feeling chilly if exposed to wind higher up, especially if stationary. Pack extra layers.
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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.
Sunshine and showers
A good amount of dry and bright weather, but scattered bursts of rain, some may be locally heavy.
Cool to mild
Air temperature 5 to 10C on higher terrain. Comfortable temperatures on lower terrain, but feeling chilly if exposed to wind higher up, especially if stationary. Pack extra layers.
Viewing Forecast For
West Highlands
Monday 31st August 2026
Last updated
Sun 30th Aug 26 at
4:31PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Showers scattered across most hills through morning, locally clustering for frequent falls with heavy bursts. Showers gradually clear eastward, spotty light rain fades out with time as sunny bursts break out (though weakened by high cloud). Cool-to-mild, but feeling chilly in a strengthening wind.
Headline for West Highlands
Scattered showers gradually fade; becoming windy
How windy? (On the Munros)
Westerly 15-25mph early morning, strongest south, but widely increasing to 30mph by middle of day, strongest gusts to 40mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small to start, but increasingly blustery affecting ease of walking, soonest in south and becoming strenuous more widely in exposure with marked wind chill.
How Wet?
Rain on and off, fading with time west
Showery rain through morning, some drier moments mainly well inland early morning, then some heavier bursts move well inland briefly. Becoming widely drier afternoon, just some spotty light rain. Patchy rain returns from west into night.
Cloud on the hills?
Lowest morning, lifting towards tops
Fairly widespread to low elevations early in day, the base tending to rise towards 700-800m near the coast, higher inland, and increasingly breaking up with time. Breaks will form to inland summits, and later towards the coast, but with caps often grazing the high tops.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
Rising to 40%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Largely cloudy, glimpses of sun breaking out, locally more frequent sun near coast during afternoon though some high cloud will move in from the west. Visibility very good away from showers, some coastal haze.
How Cold? (at 900m)
8C tending to lower during day to 6C. Feeling near then just below freezing as wind increases.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
West Highlands
Tuesday 1st September 2026
Last updated
Sun 30th Aug 26 at
4:31PM
How windy? (On the Munros)
Westerly 35 to 50mph, speeds may vary, risk stronger gusts over tops and later lessening slightly.
Effect of the wind on you?
Arduous walking, buffeting affecting balance on exposed ridges and locally more difficult. Considerable wind chill.
How Wet?
Rain for a time, then showers
A few hours of rain passing eastward through morning, breaking up into showers which will tend to fade, but rain may continue fairly persistently on southernmost hills for a time.
Cloud on the hills?
High tops mostly covered
Covering the hills fairly widely above 600-800m in the morning, lowest near coast. Bases rising, but often capping western tops above 900m, higher breaks inland, and with time, most northern hills groups seeing breaks.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Brief glimpses of sun mainly afternoon, increasingly better breaks north with time. Visibility poor in rain, then often good, though some haze toward coast.
How Cold? (at 900m)
6 or 7C, little change all day. Feeling sub-zero in the wind, -5C if in stronger speeds on tops.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
West Highlands
Wednesday 2nd September 2026
Last updated
Sun 30th Aug 26 at
4:31PM
How windy? (On the Munros)
Generally southerly, some variability, 15-25mph, later strengthening and shifting southwesterly, to above 35mph into night.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small during daylight, deteriorating evening into night.
How Wet?
Extended falls south
Frequent rain on mountains from Glencoe southward, some heavy bursts and setting in for a few hours as well. More patchy north, some dry windows, but a rising chance of more widespread patches with time.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive
Sheet-like cloud shrouds southern hill groups from middle slopes upward, often to lower slopes towards the coast around rain. Starting fairly extensive north, tending to lift and may break up somewhat, but breaks above 900-1000m unlikely.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
A few sunny glimpses towards the north, but otherwise mostly cloudy. Poor visibility on high terrain, very good out of cloud.
How Cold? (at 900m)
6C rising to 10C; starting warmer south, and temperature stays elevated into night.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Planning Outlook
A generally unsettled outlook during the first two weeks of September with frequent rain and strong winds. Low pressure dominates and a series of frontal systems move in from the Atlantic. West to southwesterlies, often gale force over the mountains in the second half of this coming week. Heavy rain most prolonged in the west where increasingly wet underfoot, streams rising to be in spate. Low cloud often covering the hills, rarely clearing western summits. Temperatures varying, some notably cooler days for Scotland, at times more humid air mainly toward the south. A few brighter windows will break out, mostly south and eastern areas, but always brief and any detail on timing remains uncertain.