Mountain Weather Forecasts
The best source for mountain weather forecasts is the Mountain Weather Information Service. Here are quick links to the forecasts for each of the Scottish mountain regions:
- North-West Highlands (NW of the Great Glen)
- West Highlands (Lochaber down to Argyll)
- East Highlands (Northern and Central Cairngorms)
- South-East Highlands (Southern Cairngorms and Angus Glens)
- Southern Uplands (Hills of the Borders region south of the central belt)
Winter Avalanche Risk Forecasts
During the winter months the Scottish Avalanche Information Service provide avalanche forecasts in five mountain areas. They also take photos of the current conditions and upload them to their blogs:
Mountain Webcams
Another way to assess the current conditions is to take a look at live images from the various mountain webcams. The WinterHighland website maintains a good weather page with links to these. The site also has user-uploaded winter climbing and ski mountaineering reports and photos.
River Levels
SEPA provide a website showing river levels which can give an idea of how easy/difficult stream and river crossings will be:
Summer Midge Forecast
During the summer at the height of the midge season the following website provides a forecast of midge levels around Scotland: