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Ben Nevis
Weather Forecast, United Kingdom
Issued: 6 am Wed 08 Apr Local Time
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Issued: 6 am Wed 08 Apr Local Time

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2 Ben Nevis Elevations: 2 Forecast Elevations:

	Days 1–3 Weather Summary Moderate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Wed night giving way to a moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Fri night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 8°C on Wed morning, min -1°C on Thu night). Mainly strong winds.									Days 4–6 Weather Summary A light fall of snow, heaviest on Sun morning. Turning milder with light rain (total 3mm) on Sun afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 5°C on Mon afternoon, min -1°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSE on Sat night, light winds from the WSW by Mon night).
	Wednesday 8			Thursday 9			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13
	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night

	rain shwrs	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light snow	snow shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. snow	snow shwrs	some clouds	snow shwrs	mod. snow	light snow	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light snow
km/h	SW	SW	SSW	WSW	SW	W	S	SSE	SSE	SW	S	SSE	S	WSW	SW	WSW	SW	SSW
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cm	—	—	—	—	2	2	—	—	7	2	—	1	7	1	—	—	—	2
mm	0.1	—	5	6	—	—	0.1	0.2	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	0.1	0.3	—
max °C	8	8	7	3	2	1	3	3	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	4	5	2
min °C	8	8	5	3	2	-1	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	-1	2	4	1
chill °C	5	5	1	-2	-4	-6	-2	-5	-6	-6	-4	-7	-6	-4	-5	0	2	-2

Freezing level m	2400	2500	2150	850	700	500	600	850	650	500	650	700	700	850	350	800	1050	700
Cloud base (m)	350	500	700	250	600	300	550	700	250	250	400	350	200	250	350	400	650	500

	6:31	—	—	6:28	—	—	6:26	—	—	6:24	—	—	6:20	—	—	6:18	—	—
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Ben Nevis Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Ben Nevis is: Moderate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Wed night giving way to a moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Fri night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 8°C on Wed morning, min -1°C on Thu night). Mainly strong winds.

Ben Nevis Weather (Days 3-6):

A light fall of snow, heaviest on Sun morning. Turning milder with light rain (total 3mm) on Sun afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 5°C on Mon afternoon, min -1°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSE on Sat night, light winds from the WSW by Mon night).

This table gives the weather forecast for Ben Nevis at the specific elevation of 500 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. 1 hour ago	6° C	-	Fresh winds from the WSW (35 kph at 244).
T17- Nevis Range 4 km NNE 650m alt. 1 hour ago		-	Calm (0 kph at 1).
SAIS Aonach Mor 4 km NE 1185m alt. 1 hour ago	2° C	-	Calm (0 kph at 0).
Quad- Nevis Range 5 km NNE 900m alt. 1 hour ago	6° C	-	Wind obs. (22 kph from 131 degs) was rejected.
657 6 km NE 552m alt. 1 hour ago	7° C	-	Calm (0 kph at 0).
SAIS Beinn Eighe 39 km NE 900m alt. 1 hour ago	4° C	-	Calm (0 kph at 0).
Oban Airport 44 km S 6m alt. 1 hour ago	9° C	Dry and cloudy.	Light winds from the S (11 kph at 190).	10.0 km Low: overcast
SAIS Drumochter 47 km E 700m alt. 1 hour ago	6° C	-	Wind obs. (43 kph from 176 degs) was rejected.
SHIP522 51 km S 3m alt. 3 hours ago	8° C
SHIP10986 51 km S 15m alt. 2 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.