I just flew the other way round (S>N) today and the wind from 5,000 feet up is westerly at 50/60kts and it's IMC all the way up to FL300 with freezing level around 5-6,000 feet. A bit lumpy at lower levels due to terrain but no cells or indeed any rain in the cloud, it's just grey and miserable and a day for an Airbus rather than a Cessna.