Listed below are links to the best websites on Highland weather conditions relevant to outdoor activities.ghlands.

Including mountain, climbing, avalanche, skiing, sea kayaking, sailing & white-water canoeing conditions.

Weather & Mountain Conditions:

Fort William Weather On-line: Personal website offering a plethora of useful & current weather data.
Met Office Forecast for Scottish Highlands: 15 day summary.
Ben Nevis Weather: Daily forecast for Britain's highest mountain, provided by Glen Nevis Visitor Centre.
3 Day Mountain Forecast for the Western Highlands Detailed and accurate forecasts for the walker & climber, provided by the Mountain Weather Information Service. Also provides a summary for the rest of the week. Updated daily at around 4.30pm. (Acrobat Reader is required to view it - if you don't have it installed download it here.)
Scottish Avalanche Information Service: Essential for the winter mountaineer & also gives mountain weather info. Daily reports from mid-December to mid - April.
Metcheck - Mountain forecasts for all Scottish hill ranges.
Weather Data from Nevis Range ski area: On Aonach Mor (4006 ft / 1221 mt.) near Ben Nevis.
3 Day Surface Pressure Charts: From the Met Office, covering Europe.
Local Sunrise & Sunset Times below: Particularly useful for the winter hill-goer.

Winter Mountain & Climbing conditions:

There's now various local mountain-guides and instructors who give regular reports on their websites on climbing and mountain conditions in the Highlands:
West Coast Mountain Guides
Abacus Mountaineering
Mountain Plan
Alpha Mountaineering
Alan Halewood

Other Highland-based webcams which point at mountain areas:

Ben Nevis: Advanced cam giving differing zoom views of the north face & Nevis Range ski area.
Buachaille Etive Mor, Glencoe: From the Kinghouse Hotel.
Nevis Range Ski Centre: 4 cams that overlook the ski runs.
Glencoe Ski Centre: Overlooking the Cliffhanger Chairlift at White Corries.
Cairngorm Mountain Overlooking the Coire Cas area at Cairngorm Ski Centre.

Sea kayaking & sailing forecasts:

Local Inshore Waters: (BBC) Choose no. 27, (Mull of Kintyre to Ardnamurchan Point.) or no. 28 ('Ardnamurchan to Cape Wrath.)
Local Inshore Waters: (Met Office)
Local Coastal Waters: (BBC) Choose no. 27, (Mull of Kintyre to Ardnamurchan Point.) or no. 28 ('Ardnamurchan to Cape Wrath.)
Off-shore Wind & Weather Reports: (Windfinder) Reports for windsurfers, but also relevant to the sea kayaker and sailor. Gives expected wave heights as well. Closest report areas are Fort William ans Skye / Lusa.

Coastal Observations: Updated every 3 hours - Choose Lochaline or Oban for most local area to us.
Firth of Lorne Forecast: Area off The Isle of Mull's south-eastern shore, where Loch Linnhe meets the open sea.
Local Tide Tables 6 day tidal predictions. Nos. 363 to 368 are the most local areas. Choose no. 367 (Corran.) for the closest area to Inchree. (500 metres to shoreline.)
More Local Tide Tables 6 day predictions again around the UK coast.

Whitewater canoeing conditions:

River levels: On selected whitewater rivers, showing current levels and trends.
Recent rainfall patterns: From the Met Office.
Info on The Falls of Lora Personal website giving useful info on conditions and how to paddle the Falls of Lora at Connel, near Oban.

Downhill skiing conditions at Scotland's 5 centres:

Visitscotland - Scottish Tourist board site.
Nevis Range Ski Centre: Webcam page of their site - 4 cams that overlook the ski runs.
Glencoe Ski Centre: Webcam page of their site - overlooking the Cliffhanger Chairlift .
Winterhighland - The forums are also a good part of the site to catch gossip on conditions, and what folk are up to.
Snow-forecast.com - Forecast for Nevis Range.
Snow-forecast.com - Forecast for Glencoe.
Snow-forecast.com - Forecast for Cairngorm.
Snow-forecast.com - Forecast for The Lecht.
Snow-forecast.com - Forecast for Glenshee.

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