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Ben Nevis
Weather Forecast, United Kingdom
Issued: 11 pm Fri 20 Feb Local Time
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Issued: 11 pm Fri 20 Feb Local Time

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2 Ben Nevis Elevations: 2 Forecast Elevations:

	Days 1–4 Weather Summary A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 2°C on Sat morning, min -3°C on Sun morning). Mainly severe gales.										Days 5–7 Weather Summary Mild at first with light rain (total 5mm) on Wed afternoon followed by colder weather and light fall of snow, heaviest on Thu afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Mon night, min -2°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the SW on Mon night, gales from the SW by Thu afternoon).
		Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26
	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night

	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	snow shwrs	snow shwrs	light snow	heavy snow	snow shwrs	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light snow	mod. snow	mod. snow
km/h	W	WSW	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	W	WNW	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW
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cm	—	—	1	3	3	2	18	2	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	7	6
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.6	—	—	—	0.8	3	0.2	—	—	—
max °C	-1	2	2	0	-2	-2	-2	-2	-1	3	1	1	2	3	3	2	0	-1	-3
min °C	-1	0	0	-2	-3	-3	-3	-2	-2	0	1	1	1	2	3	1	-2	-2	-3
chill °C	-11	-8	-8	-12	-13	-12	-14	-12	-10	-5	-6	-7	-7	-4	-4	-7	-12	-11	-13

Freezing level m	1100	1250	1300	1200	900	950	1000	1000	1150	1600	2200	3000	1950	1850	1950	1700	1350	1100	900
Cloud base (m)	400	300	250	300	250	500	200	250	500	800	450	250	300	250	250	300	250	250	450

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	—	—	5:34	—	—	5:37	—	—	5:38	—	—	5:40	—	—	5:43	—	—	5:45	—

Ben Nevis Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Ben Nevis is: A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 2°C on Sat morning, min -3°C on Sun morning). Mainly severe gales.

Ben Nevis Weather (Days 3-6):

Mild at first with light rain (total 5mm) on Wed afternoon followed by colder weather and light fall of snow, heaviest on Thu afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Mon night, min -2°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the SW on Mon night, gales from the SW by Thu afternoon).

This table gives the weather forecast for Ben Nevis at the specific elevation of 1344 m. Our advanced weather models allow us to provide distinct weather forecasts for several elevations of Ben Nevis. To see the weather forecasts for the other elevations, use the tab navigation above the table. For a wider overview of the weather, consult the Weather Map of United Kingdom.

Live conditions reported by 10 closest weather stations

Weather Station	Temp.	Weather	Wind	Cloud Visibility Cloud / Visibility
CIC Hut Ben Nevis 1 km N 680m alt. 48 minutes ago	3° C	-	Wind obs. (46 kph from 344 degs) was rejected.
Aonach Mor 3 km ENE 955m alt. 48 minutes ago	-1° C	-	Wind obs. (69 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
SAIS Aonach Mor 4 km NE 1185m alt. 48 minutes ago	0° C	-	Calm (0 kph at 0).
Quad- Nevis Range 5 km NNE 900m alt. 48 minutes ago	4° C	-	Wind obs. (81 kph from 260 degs) was rejected.
657 6 km NE 552m alt. 48 minutes ago	5° C	-	Calm (0 kph at 0).
TullochBridge 20 km ENE 249m alt. 48 minutes ago	8° C	-	Light winds from the SSW (13 kph at 210).	50 km Mid: scattered
SAIS Beinn Eighe 39 km NE 900m alt. 48 minutes ago	1° C	-	Calm (0 kph at 0).
SAIS Drumochter 47 km E 700m alt. 48 minutes ago	4° C	-	Strong winds from the WSW (46 kph at 240).
SHIP4571 51 km S 3m alt. 3 hours ago	9° C
SHIP5989 51 km S 15m alt. 3 hours ago				- km

* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones.