Mountain weather

Mountain weather

Lake District

Confidence

A change to more unsettled conditions continuing with high confidence for a transition to cooler more showery conditions later in the week. Uncertainties in amount of cloud and rain on Monday and Tuesday but low cloud will shroud the fell tops at times in the coming days.

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

Cloudy in the morning, rain during the afternoon, poor visibility at times.

Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
Weather
(at 800m)
Weather symbols Fog Fog Light rain Light rain Heavy Rain Heavy Rain
Chance of
precipitation
(at 800m)
Chance of precipitation
40%
40%
60%
60%
60%
80%

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 4mph knots
SW
4mph
SW 5mph knots
SW
5mph
SW 7mph knots
SW
7mph
SW 10mph knots
SW
10mph
SW 11mph knots
SW
11mph
SW 19mph knots
SW
19mph
600m
600m SE 3mph knots
SE
3mph
SW 3mph knots
SW
3mph
SW 6mph knots
SW
6mph
SW 11mph knots
SW
11mph
SW 11mph knots
SW
11mph
SW 16mph knots
SW
16mph
300m
300m S 1mph knots
S
1mph
S 2mph knots
S
2mph
SW 3mph knots
SW
3mph
SW 6mph knots
SW
6mph
SW 5mph knots
SW
5mph
SW 7mph knots
SW
7mph
Valley
Valley E 1mph knots
E
1mph
S 2mph knots
S
2mph
W 4mph knots
W
4mph
SW 6mph knots
SW
6mph
SW 5mph knots
SW
5mph
SW 8mph knots
SW
8mph

Wind gust

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
900m
900m 5mph 6mph 9mph 14mph 15mph 24mph
600m
600m 3mph 5mph 8mph 14mph 14mph 21mph
300m
300m 3mph 4mph 6mph 11mph 11mph 17mph
Valley
Valley 3mph 4mph 6mph 9mph 9mph 17mph

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
900m
900m 10 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 9 degrees Celsius 7 degrees Celsius
600m
600m 12 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius
300m
300m 13 degrees Celsius 15 degrees Celsius 16 degrees Celsius 15 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius 13 degrees Celsius
Valley
Valley 15 degrees Celsius 16 degrees Celsius 17 degrees Celsius 17 degrees Celsius 16 degrees Celsius 15 degrees Celsius
Freezing Level Freezing Level
2700m
2800m
2800m
3300m
3800m
3800m

Additional weather information

Meteorologist's view

Expect some challenging navigation in poor visibility.

Weather

Cloudy through the morning with some patchy drizzle or light rain at times, rain spreads in from the west in the afternoon but will be intermittent with the risk of some heavier rain through the evening. Mist and fog patches will form readily in the light winds.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

30% improving to 50% for a time before reducing to 20% in the afternoon.

Low cloud and visibility

Layers of low cloud are expected for much of the day, around the western fells bases will be broken above 200m but further east there will be some breaks in the cloud with scattered bases above 400m. Low cloud will lift for a time during the morning but thicken again as rain moves in. Visibility will be moderate or poor at times especially in the afternoon rain.

Ground conditions

No recent ground conditions report available.

Summit specific forecast