Mountain weather

Mountain weather

Lake District

Confidence

High for reasonably fine and settled conditions through Thursday and Friday, although lower for cloud details and for timing of a weakening band of rain moving southeast over the weekend, before confidence rises again early next week with a high building over the United Kingdom.

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Mountain hazards

Mountain weather hazards

Hazards apply at or above 300m, reflecting the more severe conditions which can occur at altitude.

Poor Visibility
Poor visibility presents challenging route finding conditions. Visibility could be significantly less than 50 metres in all directions with few or no visual references, especially on featureless moors or plateaux. Distances become hard to judge and cliff or cornice edges can be difficult to recognise. These conditions require good navigational skills. There is a risk of white-out conditions when mist or fog is combined with extensive snow cover.

Mountain weather forecast

Morning showers then dry with sunny spells. Strengthening southerly winds

Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
Weather
(at 800m)
Weather symbols Light rain showers (night) Light rain showers Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy (night) Partly cloudy (night)
Chance of
precipitation
(at 800m)
Chance of precipitation
<5%
30%
20%
10%
10%
10%

Wind direction and speed

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
900m
900m SW 21mph knots
SW
21mph
S 17mph knots
S
17mph
S 18mph knots
S
18mph
S 22mph knots
S
22mph
S 22mph knots
S
22mph
S 29mph knots
S
29mph
600m
600m SW 19mph knots
SW
19mph
SW 17mph knots
SW
17mph
S 15mph knots
S
15mph
S 17mph knots
S
17mph
S 20mph knots
S
20mph
S 24mph knots
S
24mph
300m
300m SW 6mph knots
SW
6mph
S 8mph knots
S
8mph
S 7mph knots
S
7mph
S 7mph knots
S
7mph
S 5mph knots
S
5mph
S 7mph knots
S
7mph
Valley
Valley SW 5mph knots
SW
5mph
S 8mph knots
S
8mph
S 7mph knots
S
7mph
S 6mph knots
S
6mph
SE 4mph knots
SE
4mph
S 5mph knots
S
5mph

Wind gust

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
900m
900m 25mph 21mph 23mph 27mph 27mph 34mph
600m
600m 24mph 21mph 19mph 22mph 29mph 34mph
300m
300m 17mph 17mph 17mph 19mph 19mph 24mph
Valley
Valley 15mph 16mph 15mph 15mph 17mph 20mph

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
900m
900m 3 degrees Celsius 3 degrees Celsius 2 degrees Celsius 1 degrees Celsius 2 degrees Celsius 1 degrees Celsius
600m
600m 5 degrees Celsius 5 degrees Celsius 5 degrees Celsius 5 degrees Celsius 4 degrees Celsius 3 degrees Celsius
300m
300m 9 degrees Celsius 9 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 9 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius
Valley
Valley 11 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius
Freezing Level Freezing Level
1800m
1900m
2000m
2100m
2100m
2000m

Additional weather information

Meteorologist's view

Feeling rather cold on the fell tops, especially later in the day as winds strengthen. Gusts around 45mph over ridges and summits by evening

Weather

Clear spells and scattered mainly light showers through the morning with more in the way of sunny spells developing towards midday. The rest of the day then looks dry with sunny or clear spells.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

Around 40% at first rising to 75% by midday

Low cloud and visibility

Periods of cloud becoming more occasional through the morning, above about 450-600m and then lifting to around 750m through the afternoon. Away from cloud visibility good or very good falling briefly in showers.

Ground conditions

No recent ground conditions report available.

Summit specific forecast