Wild Weather in the West….
24th January 2025
As the met office carefully predicted it was a wild night with howling winds. Last night it snow down to 300 metres, the lying snow at that level was short lived as the freezing level rose to around 900 metres during this morning and low level snows quickly thawed. Midday summit temperatures at 1000 metres was around minus one degrees celsius. A lot of the new snow has been blown down to lower sheltered locations or has disappeared in the the atmosphere. Winds were storm force South-Westerlies. Snow showers and strong winds will continue to affect the area for at least the next 24hrs.

Looking into Coire Gabhail (lost valley) between Beinn Fhada and Gearr Aonach. Most of the new snow is hidden in the cloudy conditions.

Creag Dhubh on the left, Meall a’ Bhuiridh hidden in the clouds then Sron na Creise with Beinn Mhic Chasgaig on the far right.

A view looking down from 780 metres across Glencoe Ski Area towards Creag Dhubh in the distance at 749 metres.

Web cam view from 1097 metres on Meall a’ Bhuiridh, note the scoured surface from the very high winds.
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