Cloudscapes Forecast for Cairngorms, Scotland
Cairngorms compositions range from granite plateaus and Scots pine forest to lochs and broad glens, often simplified by winter snow or low cloud.
16 matching opportunities in the 14-day forecast.
Hourly forecast scores
Forecast valid from Oct 8, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC (one hour; not an observation)Upcoming Opportunities
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71-hour requirements breakdown
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Supporting forecast inputs
Additional hourly values for interpreting the forecast and any derived scores. See the separate requirements breakdown for rule logic; missing values are unavailable.
| Forecast time (Europe/London) | Air Pressure | High Clouds | Low Clouds | Mid-Level Clouds | Precipitation Chance | Relative Humidity | Solar Elevation | Total Cloud Coverage | Visibility | Wind Gusts | Wind Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Oct 8, 2026Sunrise · Sunset | |||||||||||
| 991hPa | 100% | 55% | 100% | 0% | 65% | 26° | 100% | 56580m | 7.8m/s | 3.9m/s | |
| 990hPa | 100% | 42% | 100% | 0% | 67% | 22° | 100% | 56160m | 7.8m/s | 3.9m/s | |
| 989hPa | 100% | 77% | 100% | 8% | 72% | 17° | 100% | 52960m | 6.4m/s | 3.2m/s | |
| 988hPa | 100% | 100% | 100% | 36% | 73% | 11° | 100% | 48140m | 4.9m/s | 2.4m/s | |
| 986hPa | 100% | 98% | 100% | 72% | 78% | 3.5° | 100% | 27780m | 6.5m/s | 3.2m/s | |
| Night | 985hPa | 100% | 90% | 100% | 98% | 83% | -4.7° | 100% | 31560m | 7.1m/s | 3.4m/s |
| Night | 983hPa | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 86% | -13° | 100% | 31340m | 6.4m/s | 3.1m/s |
| Night | 981hPa | 100% | 62% | 100% | 96% | 89% | -21° | 100% | 25220m | 4.4m/s | 1.8m/s |
| Night | 980hPa | 100% | 67% | 100% | 90% | 86% | -28° | 100% | 21060m | 8.9m/s | 4.4m/s |
| Night | 978hPa | 100% | 86% | 100% | 91% | 85% | -34° | 100% | 32880m | 10m/s | 4.9m/s |
| Fri, Oct 9, 2026Sunrise · Sunset | |||||||||||
| Night | 976hPa | 100% | 98% | 100% | 94% | 84% | -38° | 100% | 33840m | 12m/s | 5.9m/s |
| Night | 975hPa | 100% | 59% | 100% | 92% | 86% | -39° | 100% | 22400m | 14m/s | 7m/s |
| Night | 974hPa | 100% | 5% | 100% | 82% | 88% | -38° | 100% | 41040m | 13m/s | 6.5m/s |
| Night | 973hPa | 0% | 35% | 100% | 68% | 90% | -34° | 100% | 28780m | 13m/s | 6.4m/s |
| Night | 973hPa | 100% | 100% | 100% | 55% | 90% | -28° | 100% | 45860m | 13m/s | 6.4m/s |
| Night | 972hPa | 0% | 100% | 100% | 44% | 94% | -21° | 100% | 14580m | 10m/s | 4.9m/s |
| Night | 972hPa | 0% | 100% | 92% | 33% | 96% | -14° | 100% | 11340m | 7.2m/s | 3.6m/s |
| Night | 972hPa | 0% | 0% | 15% | 24% | 91% | -5.6° | 15% | 46840m | 8.1m/s | 3.6m/s |
| 973hPa | 0% | 49% | 23% | 16% | 84% | 2.6° | 57% | 53140m | 6.6m/s | 3.1m/s | |
| 973hPa | 0% | 100% | 31% | 9% | 82% | 10° | 100% | 24120m | 7.6m/s | 3.6m/s | |
| 974hPa | 0% | 10% | 0% | 8% | 74% | 17° | 10% | 61320m | 7.8m/s | 3.8m/s | |
| 974hPa | 0% | 91% | 6% | 15% | 72% | 22° | 95% | 61900m | 8.3m/s | 4m/s | |
| 974hPa | 0% | 48% | 2% | 26% | 70% | 25° | 59% | 65340m | 9.9m/s | 4.8m/s | |
| 974hPa | 0% | 32% | 0% | 37% | 66% | 26° | 39% | 67740m | 9.3m/s | 4.5m/s | |
| 974hPa | 0% | 11% | 0% | 45% | 63% | 25° | 11% | 69140m | 11m/s | 5.3m/s | |
| 974hPa | 0% | 0% | 0% | 52% | 63% | 22° | 0% | 71000m | 9.6m/s | 4.7m/s | |
| 974hPa | 0% | 57% | 100% | 55% | 72% | 17° | 100% | 43840m | 9.4m/s | 4.6m/s | |
| 974hPa | 0% | 42% | 25% | 51% | 79% | 10° | 68% | 59000m | 7.3m/s | 3.6m/s | |
| 973hPa | 0% | 77% | 100% | 43% | 80% | 3.1° | 100% | 45000m | 6.3m/s | 2.9m/s | |
| Night | 973hPa | 0% | 71% | 0% | 37% | 82% | -5° | 73% | 65380m | 7.2m/s | 3.4m/s |
| Night | 973hPa | 0% | 40% | 96% | 36% | 88% | -13° | 96% | 53240m | 7.2m/s | 3.4m/s |
| Night | 973hPa | 0% | 70% | 13% | 36% | 85% | -21° | 79% | 63420m | 6.1m/s | 2.9m/s |
| Night | 973hPa | 0% | 38% | 100% | 35% | 86% | -28° | 100% | 60740m | 6.1m/s | 2.8m/s |
| Night | 972hPa | 0% | 93% | 0% | 28% | 87% | -34° | 96% | 33080m | 6.5m/s | 3.1m/s |
| Sat, Oct 10, 2026Sunrise · Sunset | |||||||||||
| Night | 973hPa | 0% | 80% | 50% | 20% | 87% | -38° | 96% | 63180m | 7.3m/s | 3.5m/s |
| Night | 972hPa | 0% | 73% | 2% | 16% | 84% | -39° | 91% | 66120m | 9.5m/s | 4.6m/s |
| Night | 973hPa | 0% | 96% | 0% | 19% | 87% | -38° | 97% | 45900m | 7.9m/s | 3.8m/s |
| Night | 973hPa | 0% | 100% | 67% | 27% | 87% | -34° | 100% | 15800m | 2.8m/s | 1.1m/s |
| Night | 973hPa | 0% | 79% | 0% | 37% | 81% | -29° | 82% | 25180m | 8.4m/s | 4m/s |
| Night | 973hPa | 0% | 43% | 16% | 50% | 79% | -22° | 54% | 66040m | 7.8m/s | 3.6m/s |
| Night | 972hPa | 0% | 94% | 39% | 65% | 79% | -14° | 97% | 45780m | 9.5m/s | 4.6m/s |
| Night | 972hPa | 0% | 77% | 95% | 76% | 82% | -5.9° | 100% | 44760m | 9.6m/s | 4.8m/s |
| 972hPa | 100% | 100% | 100% | 78% | 87% | 2.4° | 100% | 8500m | 4.7m/s | 2.1m/s | |
| 973hPa | 100% | 100% | 100% | 76% | 83% | 9.7° | 100% | 25260m | 7.9m/s | 3.7m/s | |
| 974hPa | 100% | 92% | 100% | 73% | 77% | 16° | 100% | 47260m | 8.3m/s | 4m/s | |
| 974hPa | 69% | 84% | 96% | 70% | 78% | 21° | 100% | 16195m | 9.8m/s | 4.8m/s | |
| 974hPa | 100% | 48% | 98% | 66% | 81% | 25° | 100% | 34420m | 10m/s | 5.1m/s | |
| 975hPa | 75% | 47% | 92% | 65% | 79% | 26° | 98% | 34625m | 12m/s | 6m/s | |
| 975hPa | 72% | 32% | 70% | 70% | 78% | 25° | 76% | 21920m | 12m/s | 5.8m/s | |
| 976hPa | 34% | 20% | 32% | 77% | 75% | 22° | 43% | 21220m | 12m/s | 5.7m/s | |
| 977hPa | 6% | 11% | 6% | 80% | 74% | 17° | 20% | 20500m | 11m/s | 5.5m/s | |
| 977hPa | 0% | 9% | 4% | 76% | 75% | 10° | 17% | 21640m | 11m/s | 5.3m/s | |
| 978hPa | 0% | 10% | 14% | 68% | 77% | 2.8° | 25% | 22800m | 10m/s | 5.1m/s | |
| Night | 978hPa | 0% | 17% | 20% | 59% | 79% | -5.4° | 34% | 23940m | 9.8m/s | 4.8m/s |
| Night | 978hPa | 0% | 34% | 15% | 48% | 81% | -14° | 46% | 23420m | 9.2m/s | 4.5m/s |
| Night | 978hPa | 0% | 55% | 6% | 35% | 83% | -21° | 61% | 22880m | 8.5m/s | 4.2m/s |
| Night | 979hPa | 0% | 66% | 0% | 24% | 84% | -29° | 66% | 22360m | 8m/s | 3.9m/s |
| Night | 979hPa | 0% | 56% | 0% | 15% | 85% | -34° | 54% | 22380m | 7.7m/s | 3.7m/s |
| Sun, Oct 11, 2026Sunrise · Sunset | |||||||||||
| Night | 979hPa | 0% | 35% | 0% | 8% | 86% | -38° | 34% | 22400m | 7.6m/s | 3.5m/s |
| Night | 980hPa | 0% | 17% | 0% | 4% | 86% | -40° | 17% | 22420m | 7.5m/s | 3.4m/s |
| Night | 980hPa | 0% | 8% | 0% | 5% | 85% | -38° | 8% | 22640m | 7.7m/s | 3.5m/s |
| Night | 981hPa | 0% | 3% | 0% | 8% | 84% | -35° | 3% | 22840m | 8m/s | 3.6m/s |
| Night | 982hPa | 0% | 0% | 0% | 10% | 84% | -29° | 0% | 23060m | 7.9m/s | 3.6m/s |
| Night | 982hPa | 0% | 0% | 0% | 9% | 86% | -22° | 0% | 22220m | 7.1m/s | 3.3m/s |
| Night | 983hPa | 0% | 3% | 0% | 6% | 89% | -14° | 3% | 21400m | 5.9m/s | 2.8m/s |
| Night | 983hPa | 0% | 6% | 0% | 4% | 90% | -6.1° | 6% | 20560m | 5m/s | 2.4m/s |
| 984hPa | 0% | 4% | 0% | 3% | 88% | 2.1° | 4% | 21760m | 4.5m/s | 2.2m/s | |
| 984hPa | 0% | 1% | 0% | 3% | 85% | 9.4° | 1% | 22940m | 4.3m/s | 2m/s | |
| 985hPa | 0% | 8% | 0% | 4% | 81% | 16° | 8% | 24140m | 4.3m/s | 2m/s | |
| 985hPa | 0% | 36% | 0% | 5% | 76% | 21° | 36% | 25020m | 4.8m/s | 2.3m/s | |
| 986hPa | 0% | 73% | 0% | 7% | 70% | 24° | 73% | 25880m | 5.6m/s | 2.6m/s | |
| 986hPa | 0% | 100% | 0% | 8% | 66% | 26° | 100% | 26760m | 6m/s | 2.8m/s | |
How this forecast is evaluated
See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Cloudscapes conditions across Scotland. The requirements and hourly values above show how those signals apply at Cairngorms.
Explore Cloudscapes conditions across Scotland →Recorded match history
Completed PhotoWeather forecast matches recorded for this exact rule at Cairngorms during the last 365 days.
08:00 local time, shared by 24 of 272 matches recorded in the last 365 days.
June, with 48 of 272 matches recorded in the last 365 days.
These figures use completed PhotoWeather MatchEvent records from the previous 365 days only. They describe recorded forecast matches, not observations, climatological probability, or a guarantee of future conditions.
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How this forecast is made
Opportunities are threshold-based signals: PhotoWeather checks whether forecast conditions match the rules for a photography scenario. They are planning guidance, not guarantees. Forecasts can change as new model runs arrive, and confidence generally decreases farther into the forecast horizon, so recheck conditions before travelling.
The weather forecast foundation comes through Open-Meteo , which aggregates models from weather agencies. PhotoWeather applies condition-specific thresholds and derived calculations; not every condition uses every model or data input.
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