Buachaille Etive Mor - Stob Dearg weather tomorrow, this weekend and 14-day summit forecast

1,021 m · Highland

Stob Dearg is the iconic rocky peak of Buachaille Etive Mor, guarding the entrance to Glen Coe and Glen Etive from Rannoch Moor.

Buachaille Etive Mor - Stob Dearg today (updated 20:09, 27 Oct): up to 5°C at the summit, feeling as cold as -3°C, summit wind 46 mph gusting 58 mph, 100% chance of rain. A poor day for the hills. Best day this week: Sunday, summit gusts 10 mph.

Buachaille Etive Mor - Stob Dearg weather today, tomorrow and this weekend

  • Poor Today Wednesday 28 October

    Moderate rain, up to 5°C at the summit, feeling as cold as -3°C, summit wind 46 mph gusting 58 mph, 100% chance of rain. Rated Poor. Sunrise 07:20, sunset 16:46.

  • Marginal Tomorrow Thursday 29 October

    Mostly dry, up to 6°C at the summit, feeling as cold as 0°C, summit wind 38 mph gusting 48 mph, 2% chance of rain. Rated Marginal. Sunrise 07:22, sunset 16:44.

  • Good Saturday 31 October

    Fog, up to 5°C at the summit, feeling as cold as -5°C, summit wind 8 mph gusting 10 mph, 49% chance of rain. Rated Good. Sunrise 07:26, sunset 16:39.

  • Marginal Sunday 1 November

    Fog, up to 3°C at the summit, feeling as cold as -8°C, summit wind 8 mph gusting 10 mph, 27% chance of rain. Rated Marginal. Sunrise 07:28, sunset 16:37.

Best day of the next seven: Sunday 1 November, with summit gusts around 10 mph and a 27% chance of rain. Peakify picks it as the day with the lightest gusts, after a penalty for any chance of rain over 40%.

Buachaille Etive Mor - Stob Dearg 14-day summit weather forecast

Every day the cache holds from today, at summit height. Temperatures in °C, wind and gusts in mph, rain as the day's highest chance. Days 8 to 14 are marked less certain: forecasts lose skill quickly beyond a week, so read them as a trend.

DayVerdictWeatherHigh / lowFeels likeWind / gustRainSnow
Today Poor Moderate rain 5° / 2° -3° 46 / 58 mph 100% —
Tomorrow Marginal Light drizzle 6° / 4° 0° 38 / 48 mph 2% —
Fri 30 Oct Poor Moderate drizzle 7° / 2° -1° 42 / 52 mph 59% —
Sat 31 Oct Good Fog 5° / -3° -5° 8 / 10 mph 49% —
Sun 1 Nov Marginal Fog 3° / -4° -8° 8 / 10 mph 27% —
Mon 2 Nov Marginal Partly cloudy 2° / -5° -9° 16 / 20 mph 0% —
Tue 3 Nov Good Fog 3° / -3° -6° 17 / 22 mph 4% —
Days 8 to 13: less certain
Wed 4 Nov Good (less certain) Fog 3° / -1° -3° 16 / 19 mph 4% —
Thu 5 Nov Good (less certain) Fog 2° / -2° -5° 15 / 19 mph 6% —
Fri 6 Nov Good (less certain) Fog 2° / -5° -7° 13 / 17 mph 16% —
Sat 7 Nov Marginal (less certain) Fog 1° / -5° -8° 27 / 34 mph 20% —
Sun 8 Nov Marginal (less certain) Light drizzle 2° / -1° -4° 27 / 33 mph 22% —
Mon 9 Nov Marginal (less certain) Fog 3° / -2° -4° 26 / 33 mph 22% —

The cached forecast has no freezing level; snow is the model's summit snowfall for the day.

How the Buachaille Etive Mor - Stob Dearg summit forecast is made

The numbers come from the Open-Meteo weather model for the summit's position at 1,021 m, in the mountain's local time. A valley forecast would understate the summit badly, so the wind is worked out at summit height from the model's upper-air winds: the standard 10 m wind sits over the model's smoothed ground and is roughly half what an exposed top gets.

Peakify rates each day Good, Marginal or Poor from the forecast summit wind, gusts, chance of rain and wind chill. Wind of 40 mph or gusts of 65 mph make it Poor; wind of 25 mph, gusts of 45 mph, a 60% chance of rain or a feels-like temperature of -8°C or below make it Marginal. The verdict is the same one shown on the main peak page and in the Peakify app.

"Feels like" is the coldest apparent temperature of the day, which combines air temperature, wind and humidity. On a windy summit it can be well below the air temperature, so pack for that figure, not the high.

For a second opinion before a big day, read the Met Office mountain forecast or MWIS for the area. They are written by forecasters and cover hazards such as cloud on the tops and visibility that a model table can't.

Questions about Buachaille Etive Mor - Stob Dearg

What is the Buachaille Etive Mor - Stob Dearg weather tomorrow?

Thursday 29 October: mostly dry, up to 6°C at the summit, feeling as cold as 0°C, summit wind 38 mph gusting 48 mph, 2% chance of rain. Rated Marginal.

What is the Buachaille Etive Mor - Stob Dearg weather this weekend?

Saturday 31 October: fog, up to 5°C at the summit, feeling as cold as -5°C, summit wind 8 mph gusting 10 mph, 49% chance of rain. Rated Good. Sunday 1 November: fog, up to 3°C at the summit, feeling as cold as -8°C, summit wind 8 mph gusting 10 mph, 27% chance of rain. Rated Marginal.

Is there a 14-day Buachaille Etive Mor - Stob Dearg weather forecast?

Yes. This page lists up to 14 days of summit weather for Buachaille Etive Mor - Stob Dearg, each with a Good, Marginal or Poor verdict. Days 8 to 14 are less certain: use them to spot a settled or stormy spell, not to plan a day.

Where does the Buachaille Etive Mor - Stob Dearg summit forecast come from?

From the Open-Meteo weather model for the summit's position at 1,021 m, refreshed every few hours. Wind is worked out at summit height from the model's upper-air winds, because the standard 10 m wind is roughly half what a summit gets.