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.
Sunday's Forecast
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Snow flurries
Occasional light snow flurries, sleet or rain lower elevations. Amounts little more than nuisance value, but locally more persistent and reducing visibility for periods.
Hazy, some fog banks
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Distant views reduced by haze, locally foggy for a time in valleys and some hill slopes.
Cold
Air temperature below 0C all day on higher mountains. Significant chill factor if exposed to strong winds. Suitable protective clothing required.
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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.
Snow flurries
Occasional light snow flurries, sleet or rain lower elevations. Amounts little more than nuisance value, but locally more persistent and reducing visibility for periods.
Hazy, some fog banks
Distant views reduced by haze, locally foggy for a time in valleys and some hill slopes.
Cold
Air temperature below 0C all day on higher mountains. Significant chill factor if exposed to strong winds. Suitable protective clothing required.
Viewing Forecast For
West Highlands
Sunday 15th November 2026
Last updated
Sat 14th Nov 26 at
4:00PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Rain and increasingly snow over Scottish mountains as colder air moves in. Drier and higher cloud bases toward southwest Highlands. Rain affects northern England and Wales with some persistent and locally heavier falls, becoming snow on hills into evening. Wind speed and direction will vary in all areas.
Headline for West Highlands
Often dry or only flurries, cloud tending to lift; risk showers west later.
How windy? (On the Munros)
North-northwesterly 20 to 30mph, may start briefly westerly near Loch Lomond; speeds likely vary, some gusty periods, near coast may reach 40mph occasionally.
Effect of the wind on you?
Varying, starting to affect comfortable walking at times over high terrain, some more challenging moments possible. Significant wind chill.
How Wet?
Patchy snow mainly inland, local showers northwest later.
Areas of light snow early morning, tending to fade and move away eastward, flurries may linger toward central highlands. Some south and west mountains substantially dry all day. By late afternoon, risk more frequent showery snow into west Lochaber and near coast for a time.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting and breaks forming
Fairly extensive cloud over the hills early in the morning, with time bases rising and some breaks emerging from the west, may clear increasingly many hills, though some patches likely drift around into afternoon.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
20% rising to 60%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Little if any sun, weak through high cloud at best. Visibility poor around early cloud, tending to improve to mostly very good below cloud.
How Cold? (at 900m)
Starting at +2C in south, -1C in north; widely lowering to -3C during day. Feeling like -10 to -15C directly in the wind on higher mountains.
Freezing Level
From dawn, 600-800m in Lochaber, but 1200m or above in south. Dropping during morning from north to 500-600m, but may remain above 1000m near Clyde to noon.
Viewing Forecast For
West Highlands
Monday 16th November 2026
Last updated
Sat 14th Nov 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the Munros)
Northwest 20-25mph at dawn, soon easing to 10mph or less. Later rising SE'ly, rapidly gales dusk onward, soonest near coast.
Effect of the wind on you?
Small most of daytime, but beware worsening conditions with time in coastal areas, significant deterioration after dark.
How Wet?
Dry much of day
One or two brief showers of snow and hail grazing the coast early morning, but fading out to be generally dry. Well onward into night, chance of snow moving in from the south.
Cloud on the hills?
Mostly very little
Some patchy cloud over higher slopes in the morning, mostly toward coasts and islands, but increasingly all clearing.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
Rising above 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sun and broken cloud at first, but increasingly sunny; later thin high cloud toward the south. Visibility excellent.
How Cold? (at 900m)
-3C. As wind increases later, feeling like -10C, or colder after sunset.
Freezing Level
600m, but also frost some sheltered inland glens in the morning.
Viewing Forecast For
West Highlands
Tuesday 17th November 2026
Last updated
Sat 14th Nov 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the Munros)
Easterly 40 to 50mph, in places risk 60mph and very gusty around high mountains; may lessen substantially with time.
Effect of the wind on you?
Challenging to possibly difficult conditions at least part of the day, buffeting gusts to lower slopes and significant wind chill.
How Wet?
Risk of persistent hill snow
High uncertainty about extent of precipitation: Risk of some persistent snowfalls, mainly southern mountains, sleet or rain lower elevations; patchier flurries northwestward, perhaps amounting to very little west Lochaber.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive
Likely shrouding the mountains widely, from lower elevations upward southern areas, some higher cloud bases in Lochaber, breaks mainly west of Loch Linnhe, but rarely above high tops.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast and dull, local brighter skies possible west of Loch Linnhe. Visibility mostly poor, appalling if in snow and cloud on high terrain.
How Cold? (at 900m)
-1 or -2C, may lift to around 0C. Feeling like -15C or possibly colder in exposure to stronger wind.
Freezing Level
500-700m, lowest if precipitation continues, but tending to rise a little into the afternoon.
Planning Outlook
Cold with higher terrain frequently or almost permanently frozen most or all next week particularly in Scotland. Meanwhile Wales and northern England will see one or two incursions of much warmer air together with areas of persistent rain and intermittent hill snow. Less precipitation generally northward across Scotland, but marked exceptions: here too, where the frequently northerly wind rises over mountains (with the sea directly to the north), accumulations of snow may well be considerable.