Mountain weather

Mountain weather

Lake District

Confidence

High confidence for the general themes for the next 5 days. Some uncertainty on the timing of rain clearing and improving conditions during Wednesday morning.

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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

Cloudy with hill fog and patchy drizzle.

Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
Weather
(at 800m)
Weather symbols Fog Fog Fog Fog Fog Fog
Chance of
precipitation
(at 800m)
Chance of precipitation
30%
30%
30%
30%
30%
30%

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 17mph knots
S
17mph
SW 18mph knots
SW
18mph
SW 15mph knots
SW
15mph
SW 11mph knots
SW
11mph
S 12mph knots
S
12mph
S 14mph knots
S
14mph
600m
600m SW 18mph knots
SW
18mph
SW 17mph knots
SW
17mph
SW 12mph knots
SW
12mph
SW 10mph knots
SW
10mph
SW 10mph knots
SW
10mph
S 9mph knots
S
9mph
300m
300m S 7mph knots
S
7mph
SW 8mph knots
SW
8mph
SW 7mph knots
SW
7mph
S 5mph knots
S
5mph
S 4mph knots
S
4mph
S 3mph knots
S
3mph
Valley
Valley S 2mph knots
S
2mph
SW 6mph knots
SW
6mph
SW 7mph knots
SW
7mph
SW 5mph knots
SW
5mph
SW 4mph knots
SW
4mph
SW 2mph knots
SW
2mph

Wind gust

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
900m
900m 20mph 22mph 19mph 14mph 15mph 17mph
600m
600m 23mph 21mph 16mph 13mph 13mph 13mph
300m
300m 16mph 17mph 15mph 11mph 11mph 11mph
Valley
Valley 10mph 14mph 13mph 10mph 10mph 8mph

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
900m
900m 8 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius 9 degrees Celsius 9 degrees Celsius 9 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius
600m
600m 10 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius
300m
300m 13 degrees Celsius 13 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius
Valley
Valley 16 degrees Celsius 16 degrees Celsius 16 degrees Celsius 16 degrees Celsius 16 degrees Celsius 16 degrees Celsius
Freezing Level Freezing Level
2500m
2600m
2700m
2700m
2400m
2400m

Additional weather information

Meteorologist's view

Low cloud bases and poor visibility bringing challenging navigation, especially in the morning.

Weather

A cloudy and murky morning with extensive hill fog and patchy drizzle. Remaining rather cloudy with risk of drizzly showers in the afternoon, but some limited brightness at times, the best chances across northern and eastern fells.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

10% rising to 30% in the afternoon.

Low cloud and visibility

Extensive cloud bases 300-500m at first in the morning, gradually lifting to 500-700m in the afternoon with the odd break in this low cloud across the north and east. Visibility will be a few kilometres below cloud bases but deteriorating poor in any drizzle.

Ground conditions

No recent ground conditions report available.

Summit specific forecast