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.
Wednesday's Forecast
Gale force, walking arduous
Considerable buffeting, walking into the wind will be strenuous on exposed terrain, stronger gusts may knock you off your feet. 40 to 55mph.
Patchy rain or drizzle
Rain on and off, or generally drizzly - total amounts small, but may be persistently damp, especially where hills are shrouded in cloud.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
Chilly
Air temperature typically 0 to 5C on higher summits. Feeling distinctly chilly on tops when stationary or where exposed to wind. Take appropriate layers.
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Gale force, walking arduous
Considerable buffeting, walking into the wind will be strenuous on exposed terrain, stronger gusts may knock you off your feet. 40 to 55mph.
Patchy rain or drizzle
Rain on and off, or generally drizzly - total amounts small, but may be persistently damp, especially where hills are shrouded in cloud.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
Chilly
Air temperature typically 0 to 5C on higher summits. Feeling distinctly chilly on tops when stationary or where exposed to wind. Take appropriate layers.
Viewing Forecast For
West Highlands
Wednesday 28th October 2026
Last updated
Tue 27th Oct 26 at
12:12PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Still windy - though less so than on Tuesday. Generally showery, although over N England at first, and occasionally through the morning in Scotland, the rain frequent. Higher mountains extensively foggy.
Headline for West Highlands
Upland gales, intermittent rain and persistent fog.
How windy? (On the Munros)
Westerly typically 40mph, but 35mph near Clyde sea lochs. Will trend towards lower speeds through daylight.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous or widely difficult walking and significant wind chill where exposed on higher areas.
How Wet?
Rain on and off, but tending to improve afternoon
Rain over a period of an hour or two coming through from time to time. Through afternoon easing to showers. Sleet or snow highest tops.
Cloud on the hills?
Never clearing most or all higher areas all day
Cloud will shroud the mountains all day, at times in rain below 300m near the coast and 500m toward central highlands. Some improvement afternoon when typical cloud base 450 to 750m, highest well inland.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
Less than 10%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Isolated if any sun. Hazy at best, and visibility often poor in rain.
How Cold? (at 900m)
5C - rising marginally through daylight. Will feel as cold as minus 8C where exposed.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
West Highlands
Thursday 29th October 2026
Last updated
Tue 27th Oct 26 at
12:12PM
How windy? (On the Munros)
Southerly widely around 30mph. Near the coast, particularly Mull, near 40mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
On higher slopes, walking difficult and wind chill significant. Near the coast, balance difficult even on lower slopes.
How Wet?
Substantially dry, a little rain near coast.
Pockets of drizzly rain may come and go on summits near Clyde sea lochs, Jura and Mull, and possibly fine drizzle in cloud increasingly Loch Lomond NP.
Cloud on the hills?
Probably extensive islands and unceasingly Loch Lomond NP.
Very varied: near Clyde sea lochs, Jura and Mull, fog may shroud particularly south facing coastal slopes from around 300m, rising to 500m northwards. This may well extend across particularly southern Loch Lomond NP. Elsewhere, breaks to 900 to 1200m.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
50% Lochaber; 20% elsewhere.
Sunshine and air clarity?
Cloud breaking to give patches of sun, mainly toward Lochaber. Perhaps hazy near the coast; otherwise only slight haze and generally very good visibility.
How Cold? (at 900m)
6C - but may well feel below freezing point in the wind on coastal mountains.
Freezing Level
Above the summits
Viewing Forecast For
West Highlands
Friday 30th October 2026
Last updated
Tue 27th Oct 26 at
12:12PM
How windy? (On the Munros)
Southerly 35 to 45mph, strongest Lochaber. Will ease through day, possibly markedly.
Effect of the wind on you?
Expect walking or general mobility to be difficult and wind chill significant.
How Wet?
Rain and drizzle slowly extending inland
Confidence low: A front edging in from west likely to increasingly shroud Mull and west of Loch Linnhe in rain. Patches of rain likely to extend slowly east through the day, but perhaps little if any central highlands.
Cloud on the hills?
Probably persistent west of Loch Linnhe, may increasingly form elsewhere
Confidence low: Low cloud probably filling in from lower slopes up Mull and west of Loch Linnhe; this may well extend to hills near the sea lochs of Argyll and possibly later more widely - particularly Loch Lomond NP.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Dull and misty west of Loch Linnhe, whilst elsewhere, patchy sun and very good visibility ahead of a trend toward becoming duller and in rain misty.
How Cold? (at 900m)
6C
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Planning Outlook
A hint of a change as pressure builds across Britain from the coming weekend as the present stormy weather gradually subsides. On Friday and into the weekend, a final front could well become almost stationary for a day or so before fizzling out - still uncertainty as to its position (thus its footprint of rain and low cloud) in the otherwise improving picture as it becomes fine with light wind on the hills and overnight frost in lowland and upland valleys.