This Links Page was last updated and verified on 28th Jan 2008. If there are any broken links or you provide or know of a page worth including here please contact us using the details at the foot of the page.
Latest Avalanche Report and forecast for the following day from the SAIS. Includes info on climbing conditions and snow distribution.
Ron Walker's web-site with climbing reports and regular photos from the Cairngorms amongst other places, also web-cam at the Slochd (1100ft).
Snow and Mountain sports photos and forum, plus backcountry guides.
New winter climbing website, with reports, photos and general information about winter climbing in the UK. Lots of links to other useful resources.
(CML Camera) Looking out of the Ptarmigan Restaurant across the Ptarmigan Bowl at 3600ft/1097m
(CML Camera) Looking up CairnGorm Mountain from the Daylodge at 2150ft towards Coire Cas.
(Winterhighland Cams) Looking up the White Lady and across the Ski Club Hut Balcony. A good camera for assessing fresh snow falls and visibility.
(CML Camera) Pan/Tilt camera situated at the foot of the Link Lift/Trainer Tow looking across the Top Basin.
(HW Uni) Summit AWS Web Cam to replace the camera blown away in 1995! Looks West over the Northern Corries of CairnGorm (if not showing the inside of a cloud!)
Located at 2200ft at the top station of the Access Chair looking up Meall a' Bhuiridh.
Situated at 2800ft at the foot of the Main Basin T-bar, this camera looks out over various parts of the mid and lower mountain, as well as views across the Moor.
Located on the Gondola Top Station this Web Cam offers four views, out to the Nid Ridge, across to the Quad Chair, up Goose Gully and down Loch Eil.
This camera is at a low level at Tomacharich, Fort William looking towards The Nevis Range mountains, and automatically pans between Ben Nevis and Aonach Mor. As it is distant from the mountains in low cloud or poor visibility you will not be able to see the mountains.
Looking across the A939 to the Nursery Areas at the Base Lodge and the Snowy Owl Chairlift.
The Buachaille as viewed from the Kings House Hotel, again in low cloud you may only be able to see the trees surrounding the Hotel. Useful for assessing cloud base and snow level.
Choose your own view of the Buachaille and surrounds with this new camera you can control (Control may not be available at busy times).
Web cam looking up the Yad Moss Poma, with temperature at time of update. Only updates when snow likely, due to remote location requiring GPRS net access.
Useful for finding out what's happening around Scotland, this page shows a map of all Trunk Road Matrix Signs in Scotland. Mouse over a sign icon to see the current message!
View what's happening on Scotland's Trunk Roads, click on a cam icon on the Map. These cameras work 24hours a day, so are excellent for checking road conditions before heading off in the morning, and there's one at Drumochter and Slochd Summit on the A9, the Glens of Foudland on the A96, and on the A82 on the Jacksonville Straight (by the Buachaille).
Details of any weather warnings, or travel disruption on the Scottish Road Network from the NADICS website at
www.trafficscotland.gov.org!
Situated at the North end of Aviemore, provides weather data for 600ft ASL. Cairngorms can be seen in the distance. Useful for assessing cloud cover and cloud base.
Loch Glasscarnoch is situated in the middle of the Northern Highlands, at about 800ft ASL.
Based at the Deeside Gliding Club, this cam provides an indication of current weather in the Eastern Highlands, and Southern Cairngorm area. Height 500ft.
Where Summit Weather Stations (AWS) give Relative Hummidity, this is a good indication of whether the summit is in cloud or is cloud free. Below 95% RH the Summit is cloud free, at 96-97% the Summit is likely be around the cloud base and possibly just cloud free, above that it's a good bet the Summit is in Cloud.
Summit Weather Station on the Summit of CairnGorm Mountain at 4084ft/1245m. Provides wind direction, mean speed and Temperature, plus RH.
The old Summit AWS which long ago used to feed data to Ceefax, still operates, but the research project which funded it ceased many years ago, so there may be lengthy downtimes. Working with twice daily date feeds as off 1st Nov 2007. Useful as it provides gust speeds.
Summit Run AWS on Aonach Mor located at 3700ft. Provides temperature, Mean Wind Speed/Direction and RH (useful for assessing if it's in the clouds or not).
See the top of this page for 5 day outlooks for the Northern Cairngorms, Southern Cairngorms and the Western Highlands. These forecasts provide a summary of expected conditions at 914m/3000ft (Munro Height) for the middle part of the day, and the expected dominant weather for the day. Please remember though that mountain conditions can change quickly, and weather can and does vary over small distances, remember altitude affects wind speeds and precipitation intensity, not just temperature. Please always consult the detailed 72hr Mountain Forecasts from the MWIS before venturing into the hills.
Winterhighland's five day Mountain Forecasts are issued five days a week during the Summer, and daily during the Snowsports Season, with a short break late spring and early autumn. Unlike many forecasts available online these forecasts are not automatically generated from a single run of one computer forecasting model. Our forecasts are produced manually each day at Winterhighland HQ, taking account of how current weather patterns are developing, the output of various forecasting models and ensembles, and once completed are uploaded to the Winterhighland Server.
The MWIS provides detailed 72 hour Mountain specific forecasts which are updated late afternoon for the East and West Highlands, plus the Southern Uplands seven days a week. Also forecasts for The Cumbrian Fells (updated 6 days a week), The Peak District and The Snowdonia National Park (updated 3 days a week). Forecasts funded by the Scottish Executive.
The Met Office provides detailed 48hour Mountain Forecasts for the East and West Highlands of Scotland, along with the English Lake District, plus the Snowdonia National park and the Brecon Beacons. The Met Office forecasts are updated 12 hours earlier than MWIS forecasts in the early hours of the morning, thus on the day your planning a trip they provide an excellent means of checking how the day's forecast has developed overnight.
Access to a wide range of forecasts for all parts of the UK, including mountain forecasts, and snow risk forecasts. Access to advanced model data in the premium service.
Provides General forecasts for the UK, Rain Radar and webcams. Also now provides free Mountain Forecasts for Scotland. Detailed 48hour forecast issued early morning, provides opportunity to check for any overnight changes in expected weather from previous evenings MWIS forecasts.
Weather forums and model data centre, lots of useful model charts and data for free. Subscription Rain Radar which provides 5minute updates, accumulative radar and postcode zoom in to any part of the UK.
A long range forecasting site, the TWO forums are very useful for a source of information, but heavily weighted towards hunting for snow in Southern England at T+ 384hours!!
These links below provide access to data from computer forecasting models.
If it's a forecast model and there's a chart for it, there is a good chance you'll find it here.
The NMM is a short range high resolution forecasting model, run once a day at midnight GMT (12z). Provides good and detailed precipitation intensity forecasts at 3hr intervals.
The ultimate resource for the weather geek, charts from lots of various forecast models, as well as historical charts (great for that straw clutching pattern matching) and also the Human produced MetOffice Fax Charts are available.
Latest data and charts from the GFS (+ GFS ensembles), ECMWF and UK MetO.
This chart provides a 2 week insight into the probablities of different weather outcomes! It's the output of 850hpa temperature and precipitation from the GFS ensemble set. Now we can't possibly explain about models, ensembles etc here, but in short, the 850hpa temperature on it's own can give a crude guestimate as to the 3000ft temperature, just add 3°c. The closer all the lines are together, the higher the confidence in the forecast.
That's all for now folks. If however you know of any useful webcams or weather stations that are not on this list, please contact
us and let us know. Just click on the Email Link below in the footer.
Sunny
Snow
Blizzards
Overcast (but largely dry)
Cyclonic (Fast changing cyclonic conditions as depression tracks over)
Snow Flurries
Outlook Unclear (equal chance of very different conditions)
Rain Showers
Rain
Snow Showers (Largely or Completely Overcast)
Sunny Spells and Rain Showers
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Wintry Showers and Sunny Spells
Snow Showers and Sunny Spells
Thunder Risk (possible!)
Thundery Showers
Violent Thunderstorms
WhiteOut
Mix of snow/rain/sleet