The AWSAWS Automatic Weather Station at Altnaharra is situated not in a glen like most weathercasters would have you believe, but in a broad strath close to the river Mudale a short way from it’s exit from Loch Naver as it heads west to the sea. True it is surrounded by mountains, with Ben Hope to the N’NW and Ben Klibreck to the SE, but it’s definitely not in a ‘sheltered glen’. The station itself sits on an open site next to the A836 at 81 M amslAMSL The height Above Mean Sea Level. just to the north of the hamlet of Altnaharra, to call it a village would be to a disservice to any village.