I suspect I'm not the only one looking up the Met office long range forecast - currently looking good for the second half of May in Scotland. Shall I pack the sunblock?

Well, if you do, and it rains, it'll be your fault!! :wink:

CHAOS THEORY.. 14 days in Mountains JUST SAYIN' :thinking_face: :joy:

I was in Galloway yesterday, had warm sunshine at first, then snow on the tops and finished in torrential rain!

Scotland in May? Anything can happen. Forecasts are only good for 48 hrs ahead at the very max. You could do worse than monitor the Mountain Weather Information Service - Scottish Forecasts

If you're on facebook, I strongly recommend the Highlands and Islands Weather page run by a chap called Lee from Carrbridge. It is extremely accurate. Living up here, I find it far better than the met office or anything else. He sometimes does long range ones too.
https://www.facebook.com/highlandweather/?ref=br_rs

Cairngorm ski resorts have closed down for the year for lack of snow!

Of course, if you're on the tops, you need MWIS as well.

Vanessa

MWIS?

Mountain Weather Information Service Ulla, Humphrey gives a link above ^^
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You can watch the weather forecast but — as others have suggested — don't believe it tells you anything!

Ah, but I am suggesting that if you look at the right one, you do get an accurate forecast.

As others have said, be prepared for anything, however as I'm  frequently in the hills I can give a quick update on snow conditions. There is quite a lot of snow above 900m with considerable patches on N facing slopes and in corries down to 700m or so. There was fresh snow on Thursday so that 900m and higher on Ben Eighe and on Slioch were completely white. The Cairngorms look solid white too, again only higher up.
If you're going over the summits of Munros you can probably avoid taking crampons and ice axe as long as you keep to ridges which are generally clear (avoiding cornices of course) and are prepared to take detours around large patches or to potentially abandon summit attempts.
I'm considering taking B1 boots for the first week which are stiffer and better in snow.
Having said all this the snow is melting albeit slowly as daytime temperatures at 900m are hardly above freezing.
Can send pics if you'd like to email me.