Mountain weather

Mountain weather

Lake District

Confidence

High for largely settled conditions Friday and at first Saturday and again for settled conditions next week, but lower through much of the weekend due to uncertainties over the arrival and clearance of a slow moving but weakening front edging southeast across the area.

Sunrise: Sunset:
Sunrise: Sunset:
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

Mainly dry with sunny spells. Occasionally strong southerly winds easing

Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
Weather
(at 800m)
Weather symbols Partly cloudy (night) Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy (night) Partly cloudy (night)
Chance of
precipitation
(at 800m)
Chance of precipitation
10%
10%
10%
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 S 34mph knots
S
34mph
S 37mph knots
S
37mph
S 31mph knots
S
31mph
S 25mph knots
S
25mph
S 21mph knots
S
21mph
S 21mph knots
S
21mph
600m
600m S 31mph knots
S
31mph
S 30mph knots
S
30mph
S 25mph knots
S
25mph
S 23mph knots
S
23mph
S 23mph knots
S
23mph
S 24mph knots
S
24mph
300m
300m S 9mph knots
S
9mph
S 13mph knots
S
13mph
S 12mph knots
S
12mph
S 10mph knots
S
10mph
S 8mph knots
S
8mph
S 9mph knots
S
9mph
Valley
Valley SE 5mph knots
SE
5mph
S 6mph knots
S
6mph
S 8mph knots
S
8mph
S 7mph knots
S
7mph
SE 3mph knots
SE
3mph
SE 3mph knots
SE
3mph

Wind gust

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
900m
900m 40mph 43mph 37mph 30mph 26mph 26mph
600m
600m 43mph 41mph 32mph 31mph 31mph 34mph
300m
300m 29mph 31mph 26mph 23mph 21mph 21mph
Valley
Valley 23mph 22mph 20mph 18mph 16mph 16mph

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
900m
900m 1 degrees Celsius 0 degrees Celsius -1 degrees Celsius 1 degrees Celsius 3 degrees Celsius 3 degrees Celsius
600m
600m 2 degrees Celsius 2 degrees Celsius 3 degrees Celsius 4 degrees Celsius 4 degrees Celsius 3 degrees Celsius
300m
300m 6 degrees Celsius 6 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius 7 degrees Celsius 6 degrees Celsius
Valley
Valley 9 degrees Celsius 9 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 9 degrees Celsius
Freezing Level Freezing Level
1900m
2200m
2200m
2200m
2100m
2000m

Additional weather information

Meteorologist's view

Rather cold on the fell tops, especially through the morning, with gusts around 45mph over ridges and summits at first.

Weather

Cloud in the south soon breaking up then a dry day with some long spells of sunshine. Remaining dry through the evening with long clear spells, and perhaps some low level mist and fog patches.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

Around 40% at first in south, otherwise close to 100%

Low cloud and visibility

Occasional or periods of cloud 450-600m across southern fells clearing in first half of the morning, otherwise little or no cloud expected below summit levels. Away from cloud visibility good or very good, falling a little in any drizzle and a kilometre or less in any evening low level mist and fog patches.

Ground conditions

No recent ground conditions report available.

Summit specific forecast