Western Highlands accessible from, and south of, Glenfinnan (Road to the Isles) and Glen Spean (includes Creag Meagaidh). This area include Ben Nevis and the mountains around Glencoe. In the east, includes Ben Alder south to Loch Lomond and Trossachs NP. Includes Arran and Mull.
West Highlands
Wednesday 14th April 2021
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Tuesday 13th April 2021 at
4:18 PM
High pressure resides across Britain. Little wind overall. Very clear with a good amount of sun, but also some areas of cloud, which will produce one or two localised showers, these mostly just isolated flurries of hail or snow. Temperatures rising just above freezing point on many summits, except the very highest tops in Scotland.
Little wind. Typically dry, hills clear.
Mostly little wind.
Negligible
Largely dry
Small chance of an isolated snow or soft hail flurry.
Little if any
Fragments of cloud may briefly form on higher slopes in morning, otherwise most cloud which forms will be above the mountains.
90%
Periods of sunshine; cloud sometimes filling in, particularly inland in afternoon. Visibility excellent.
0C rising to 2 to 4C, some local variations.
Frost in some glens from dawn; then typically 900m rising toward 1300m.
West Highlands
Thursday 15th April 2021
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4:18 PM
Southerly, 5 to 15mph, tending to strengthen around west coast, by evening may reach 25mph on Mull.
Mostly small
Precipitation unlikely
Generally clear
Above 90%
Sunshine extensive, a little fair-weather cloud filling in inland through day. Excellent visibility.
1C rising to 3C, locally 5C in Lochaber by afternoon.
Frost at dawn some glens plus some sheltered higher ground; then rising just above freezing to highest summits.
West Highlands
Friday 16th April 2021
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Tuesday 13th April 2021 at
4:18 PM
Southerly 10 to 20mph, generally strongest near west coast, mainly Mull.
Mostly small
Precipitation not expected
Little if any
90%
Sunshine most widely morning, giving way as cloud fills in inland. Visibility excellent. Pockets of mist some glens at dawn.
0 to 2C, locally rising to 4C.
Frost inland glens and sheltered higher slopes at dawn; rising above freezing point on most higher summits.
High pressure is expected to influence our weather patterns beyond the middle of April. Often dry. Temperatures near freezing point on higher summits, tending to rise most afternoons. Lying snow on higher terrain will thaw only slowly. Some further overnight frosts. Next week may become milder with time. Sun and variable cloud; most mountains often clear. Mostly light winds, but southerlies strengthen this weekend. A frontal system coming in from the west by Sunday-Monday is likely to bring low cloud and some rain for a time, mainly in the west.