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The National Forecasts
• Online
Weather's Mountain Forecast for
today, Friday, shows scary bright sunshire in most places
with freezing levels around 3000 feet with the promise of
several days of high pressure to come keeping the weather
fine for the weekend. Higher Scottish peaks like the Ben and
the Gorms will be closer to minus 4 or so high up. Freezing
levels rising over the weekend to around 4000 or 5000 feet,
winds looking generally moderate.
• The
Met Office promises patchy rain
in the north of Scotland on Saturday, otherwise dry with
sunny spells after frost and fog clear. Clearer and brighter
on Sunday but cloudier north of the border.
• Three-day
pressure analysis animation from
the Met Office shows an area of high pressure sitting over
the UK for the next few days, hence the brighter, settled
weather though front over the very north of
Scotland.
• Online
Weather for Saturday general
forecast shows bright in the south, sunny spells in the
north and - help - a belt of fog across the centre of the
country, Sunday
bright everywhere except the north west of
Scotland.
• Ananova's
forecast says much of the UK will
be dry with patchy cloud and some sunny spells after the
clearance of early fog and frost. The dry, quiet weather is
expected to continue on Sunday with some sunshine once any
overnight fog and frost have cleared.
The Bottom Line Great weekend to
be out on the hills.
In Your Pack Or On Your Back
Water/windproofs, hat, gloves... decent insulation layer
for stops cos it's cold out there, survival bag. Crampons
and axe if you're heading up where there's snow or the
prospect of meltwater seeping onto paths. The Peak mud
should be molten...
Avalanche According to the
Scottish Avalanche Information Service, avalanche outlooks
today, Friday, is low or moderate everywhere with good
conditions for climbing and skiing as the mosit snow pack
freezes and consolidates. That might change as the weather
warms a little with freezing levels forecast to rise to 4000
feet at the weekend so check the latest
forecast before heading off and
be wary of floppy cornices. The Saturday outlook should be
up later today (Friday).
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