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.
West Highlands
Saturday 7th February 2026
Last updated
Fri 6th Feb 26 at
3:00PM
Continuing with the east to south-easterly airflow with hills shrouded in extensive low cloud with widely murky conditions. Patchy snow across the Highlands tending to ease, best breaks again toward the northwestern coasts of Scotland. Showery rain extending north through Wales into northern England.
Strong, cold easterly winds. Mostly dry, hill fog, breaking toward west coast.
Easterly 25 to 35mph at first, tending to lower to 15 to 25mph and veer into south-east.
Walking fairly arduous at first with significant wind chill and buffeting, but tending to ease down from the south.
Patchy precipitation petering out
A few snow flurries from dawn, rain below 500m, perhaps fairly constant Ben Alder down to Loch Lomond NP. Likely to fizzle out during afternoon. Very little if any west coast.
Covering upper terrain, clearer west coast.
Be prepared for extensive coverage across higher terrain above 800-1000m, more like 600m central Highlands. Best breaks in cloud, and chance of clear tops, hills west of Loch Linnhe.
10%, but 60% west of Loch Linnhe.
Patchy sun toward west coast in an otherwise overcast atmosphere. Hazy, best visibility west coast, poor in any rain and snow flurries.
Around -1C.
Poorly defined: 600 to 900m, but locally 1100m westernmost summits: generally only slow temperature drop with height.
West Highlands
Sunday 8th February 2026
Last updated
Fri 6th Feb 26 at
3:00PM
Between southeast and south typically 15 to 25mph, although possibly below 15mph near the coast.
Mostly small
Little or no precipitation
Rain, or above 600 to 900m snow here and there, mostly amounting to very little.
Most mountains persistently covered. May clear some western hills.
Persistent fog most of region, but by afternoon perhaps breaks to 600m and here and there higher slopes briefly clearing or between cloud layers. Again on westernmost areas, cloud may sometimes or fleetingly clear, revealing higher slopes or summits.
10%, but 50% west coast.
Glimpses of sunshine here and there - possibly bright sun for an hour or two near coast. Widely misty or murky, possibly very good visibility westernmost hills.
0 or 1C
800 to 1050m. although terrain down to lower slopes (except close to west coast) mostly frozen.
West Highlands
Monday 9th February 2026
Last updated
Fri 6th Feb 26 at
3:00PM
South-easterly 20 to 30mph, perhaps 35-40mph at times western coastal hills.
Blustery and gusty for periods, especially western coastal hills, where perhaps fairly arduous. Considerable wind chill.
Very little, if any.
A few occasional spots of rain, or above 700 to 900m snowflakes, mainly central Highlands. Dry once again hills near and west of Loch Linnhe.
Extensive higher terrain, clearer west coast.
Extensive cloud across higher terrain 700-900m, lowest bases to 500m central Highlands. More broken cloud near and west of Loch Linnhe, where best breaks.
10% central Highlands, 60% west coast.
Mostly cloudy, but breaks in the cloud with intermittent sun toward west coast. Best visibility west coast, marked haze further inland, murky central Highlands.
0 to 1C
800 to 1050m. although terrain down to lower slopes (except close to west coast) mostly frozen.
Overall little change in conditions over the coming week: the mountains extensively foggy, precipitation from time to time (again concentrated on eastern Scotland and southern and eastern Wales) and often strong southeast or easterly wind. However, a slight rise in temperature will result in thawing of lying snow from southern Scotland southwards and some thawing up to around 900, sometimes 1050m Scottish Highlands - although the return of low freezing level toward the middle of next week.