Ben Alder (Highland) weather

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Forecast days

Today

Maximum daytime temperature: -4° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: -9° Celsius;

Sunrise: 07:53

Sunset: 17:12

Yellow weather warning.

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L Pollution

No pollen data.

North Grampian (Mountain region)

Today

Maximum daytime temperature: -4° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: -9° Celsius;
Fri 13 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: -5° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: -10° Celsius;

Sunrise: 07:51

Sunset: 17:14

Yellow weather warning.

L UV

L Pollution

No pollen data.

North Grampian (Mountain region)

Fri 13 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: -5° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: -10° Celsius;
Sat 14 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: -4° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: -7° Celsius;

Sunrise: 07:48

Sunset: 17:17

Clear changing to cloudy by early evening.

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L Pollution

No pollen data.

North Grampian (Mountain region)

Sat 14 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: -4° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: -7° Celsius;
Sun 15 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: -3° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: -5° Celsius;

Sunrise: 07:46

Sunset: 17:19

Heavy snow.

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L Pollution

No pollen data.

North Grampian (Mountain region)

Sun 15 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: -3° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: -5° Celsius;
Mon 16 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: -2° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: -7° Celsius;

Sunrise: 07:44

Sunset: 17:21

Light snow showers changing to fog by nighttime.

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L Pollution

No pollen data.

North Grampian (Mountain region)

Mon 16 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: -2° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: -7° Celsius;
Tue 17 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: -3° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: -7° Celsius;

Sunrise: 07:41

Sunset: 17:23

Fog.

L UV

No pollution data.

No pollen data.

North Grampian (Mountain region)

Tue 17 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: -3° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: -7° Celsius;
Wed 18 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: -3° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: -6° Celsius;

Sunrise: 07:39

Sunset: 17:26

Fog.

L UV

No pollution data.

No pollen data.

Wed 18 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: -3° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: -6° Celsius;

Yellow weather warning.

Sunrise: 07:53

Sunset: 17:12

L UV

L Pollution

No pollen data.

North Grampian (Mountain region)

Yellow warning: Snow and ice

7 day forecast for Ben Alder

Today (12 February 2026)

Time	20:00	21:00	22:00	23:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	<5%	<5%	10%	20%
Temperature (°C)	-7°	-7°	-7°	-7°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-15°	-15°	-16°	-15°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	NE 18	NE 18	NE 18	NE 19
Wind gust (mph)	20	20	20	21
Visibility (description)	M	M	M	M
Humidity	95%	95%	95%	96%
UV	-	-	-	-

Friday (13 February 2026)

Time	00:00	01:00	02:00	03:00	04:00	05:00	06:00	07:00	08:00	09:00	10:00	11:00	12:00	13:00	14:00	15:00	16:00	17:00	18:00	19:00	20:00	21:00	22:00	23:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	30%	20%	20%	20%	10%	10%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%
Temperature (°C)	-7°	-7°	-7°	-7°	-7°	-8°	-8°	-8°	-9°	-8°	-7°	-7°	-6°	-6°	-6°	-6°	-6°	-7°	-8°	-8°	-8°	-8°	-8°	-8°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-15°	-16°	-16°	-16°	-17°	-17°	-17°	-18°	-18°	-17°	-16°	-15°	-14°	-14°	-14°	-14°	-15°	-16°	-16°	-16°	-17°	-17°	-17°	-17°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	NE 19	NE 20	NE 20	NE 21	NNE 21	NNE 20	NNE 20	NNE 21	NNE 19	NNE 18	NNE 17	NNE 16	N 16	N 16	N 17	NNW 17	NNW 17	NNW 17	NNW 17	NW 17	NW 18	NW 17	NW 17	NW 17
Wind gust (mph)	21	22	22	23	23	22	22	23	20	19	18	17	17	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Visibility (description)	P	M	M	M	M	M	M	G	G	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	E	VG	VG	VG	G	G	M	M	M
Humidity	96%	96%	95%	94%	93%	92%	92%	89%	87%	85%	84%	82%	77%	74%	73%	74%	78%	82%	84%	87%	89%	92%	93%	94%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Saturday (14 February 2026)

Time	00:00	01:00	02:00	03:00	04:00	05:00	06:00	07:00	08:00	09:00	10:00	11:00	12:00	13:00	14:00	15:00	16:00	17:00	18:00	19:00	20:00	21:00	22:00	23:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	10%	10%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	10%	20%	40%
Temperature (°C)	-8°	-8°	-8°	-8°	-8°	-8°	-9°	-9°	-9°	-8°	-7°	-6°	-5°	-5°	-5°	-5°	-6°	-6°	-7°	-7°	-7°	-7°	-7°	-6°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-17°	-17°	-17°	-17°	-17°	-17°	-17°	-17°	-17°	-16°	-14°	-13°	-12°	-12°	-12°	-13°	-14°	-15°	-16°	-16°	-17°	-17°	-17°	-17°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	NW 17	NW 17	NW 17	NW 17	NW 17	WNW 17	WNW 16	WNW 16	WNW 15	WNW 14	W 12	SW 12	SW 13	SSW 15	SSW 17	SSW 18	SSW 19	S 21	S 22	S 24	S 26	SSE 28	SSE 30	SSE 33
Wind gust (mph)	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	15	14	13	14	16	18	20	21	23	25	26	29	31	33	37
Visibility (description)	M	M	M	M	M	G	G	G	G	G	VG	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	M	M	M	M	M
Humidity	94%	94%	93%	93%	92%	91%	90%	91%	89%	86%	83%	79%	79%	78%	78%	78%	82%	83%	84%	85%	85%	86%	85%	87%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Sunday (15 February 2026)

Time	00:00	01:00	02:00	03:00	04:00	05:00	06:00	07:00	08:00	09:00	10:00	11:00	12:00	13:00	14:00	15:00	16:00	17:00	18:00	19:00	20:00	21:00	22:00	23:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	70%	90%	≥95%	≥95%	≥95%	≥95%	≥95%	≥95%	≥95%	90%	90%	80%	80%	90%	80%	80%	80%	80%	80%	80%	80%	70%	60%	60%
Temperature (°C)	-6°	-6°	-6°	-6°	-6°	-6°	-6°	-6°	-6°	-5°	-4°	-4°	-4°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-4°	-4°	-4°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-17°	-18°	-17°	-17°	-17°	-16°	-16°	-15°	-14°	-13°	-12°	-12°	-11°	-11°	-10°	-10°	-10°	-10°	-10°	-10°	-10°	-10°	-10°	-10°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	SSE 36	SSE 36	SSE 37	SSE 36	SSE 35	SSE 32	SSE 29	SSE 25	SSE 21	SSE 19	S 19	S 18	S 18	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 15	S 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 14
Wind gust (mph)	39	40	41	36	35	32	31	28	22	20	19	20	20	19	18	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Visibility (description)	M	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Humidity	91%	95%	96%	96%	96%	97%	97%	96%	97%	97%	98%	98%	99%	99%	99%	99%	99%	99%	98%	99%	99%	99%	99%	99%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Monday (16 February 2026)

Time	00:00	01:00	02:00	03:00	04:00	05:00	06:00	07:00	08:00	09:00	10:00	11:00	12:00	13:00	14:00	15:00	16:00	17:00	18:00	19:00	20:00	21:00	22:00	23:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	60%	60%	60%	60%	60%	60%	60%	60%	60%	60%	60%	60%	50%	60%	70%	70%	70%	60%	60%	60%	50%	50%	50%	40%
Temperature (°C)	-3°	-4°	-4°	-4°	-4°	-4°	-4°	-4°	-4°	-4°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-4°	-4°	-4°	-4°	-5°	-5°	-5°	-5°	-5°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-10°	-10°	-11°	-11°	-11°	-11°	-11°	-11°	-11°	-11°	-11°	-11°	-11°	-11°	-11°	-11°	-11°	-12°	-13°	-13°	-13°	-14°	-14°	-14°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	SW 14	WSW 15	WSW 15	WSW 15	W 15	W 15	W 16	W 17	W 16	W 16	W 17	W 18	WNW 18	WNW 19	WNW 19	NW 20	NW 20	NW 20	NNW 21	NNW 20	NNW 20	NNW 21	N 22	N 22
Wind gust (mph)	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	20	20	21	21	22	22	22	23	22	22	24	24	24
Visibility (description)	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M
Humidity	99%	99%	99%	99%	99%	99%	99%	99%	99%	99%	99%	99%	98%	97%	97%	97%	97%	97%	98%	97%	97%	96%	95%	94%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Tuesday (17 February 2026)

Time	00:00	03:00	06:00	09:00	12:00	15:00	18:00	21:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	30%	20%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%
Temperature (°C)	-5°	-6°	-6°	-6°	-4°	-4°	-5°	-5°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-14°	-15°	-15°	-13°	-11°	-11°	-11°	-11°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	N 22	N 22	N 18	NNE 14	NNE 14	NNE 18	NE 13	ENE 10
Wind gust (mph)	25	24	20	18	21	20	15	13
Visibility (description)	M	M	M	M	G	G	M	M
Humidity	94%	91%	89%	86%	79%	76%	80%	81%
UV	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-

Wednesday (18 February 2026)

Time	00:00	03:00	06:00	09:00	12:00	15:00	18:00	21:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%
Temperature (°C)	-6°	-6°	-6°	-6°	-4°	-4°	-5°	-5°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-12°	-12°	-12°	-12°	-11°	-11°	-12°	-12°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	NE 10	NE 11	NE 11	NE 12	NE 15	NE 17	NE 15	NE 14
Wind gust (mph)	14	15	18	21	22	21	20	17
Visibility (description)	M	M	M	M	G	G	M	M
Humidity	82%	80%	81%	78%	69%	69%	76%	79%
UV	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-

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Wind and rain marking a change in the UK weather

Warnings have been issued as the weather across the UK becomes increasingly mild but wet and windy.

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Highlands & Eilean Siar weather forecast

Headline:

Cold with wintry showers on Friday, mainly in the north.

This Evening and Tonight:

A few wintry showers through the evening and overnight, these mainly in the north and western coasts with areas further inland drier. Frost and icy patches. Minimum temperature -3 °C.

Friday:

Mostly cloudy with some bright intervals and wintry showers in the north and west. Fewer showers elsewhere with sunny spells. Feeling cold. Maximum temperature 4 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Dry with sunny spells Saturday, turning cloudier later. Winds strengthen on Sunday with coastal gales as a band of rain and snow spreads eastwards. Showers on Monday.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC) on Thu 12 Feb 2026

UK long range weather forecast

Showers or longer spells of rain as well as occasional strong winds are most likely as Atlantic low pressure systems dominate in the vicinity of the UK. Some heavy rain is likely in places, with some snow at times in the north, mainly on high ground. Temperatures varying from around average to cold at times, especially in the north. While unsettled weather is likely to continue, there may be some drier interludes between weather systems. Later in the period, there is a chance that more prolonged drier and settled conditions may begin to develop.

Updated: 14:00 (UTC) on Thu 12 Feb 2026

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Forecast days

Today

Today

Fri 13 Feb

Fri 13 Feb

Sat 14 Feb

Sat 14 Feb

Sun 15 Feb

Sun 15 Feb

Mon 16 Feb

Mon 16 Feb

Tue 17 Feb

Tue 17 Feb

Wed 18 Feb

Wed 18 Feb

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Wind and rain marking a change in the UK weather

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Thursday 12 Feb - Monday 16 Feb

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This Evening and Tonight:

Friday:

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Tuesday 17 Feb - Thursday 26 Feb

Friday 27 Feb - Friday 13 Mar

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