Mountain weather

Mountain weather

Lake District

Confidence

Low for extent of rain on Tuesday. High for the rest of the week and into the weekend.

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 the chance of a few light showers

Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
Weather
(at 800m)
Weather symbols Light rain Fog Mist Cloudy Mist Heavy Rain
Chance of
precipitation
(at 800m)
Chance of precipitation
50%
40%
30%
20%
40%
70%

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 25mph knots
SW
25mph
SW 24mph knots
SW
24mph
SW 21mph knots
SW
21mph
SW 22mph knots
SW
22mph
SW 21mph knots
SW
21mph
W 16mph knots
W
16mph
600m
600m SW 23mph knots
SW
23mph
SW 22mph knots
SW
22mph
SW 18mph knots
SW
18mph
SW 18mph knots
SW
18mph
SW 18mph knots
SW
18mph
W 8mph knots
W
8mph
300m
300m SW 9mph knots
SW
9mph
SW 11mph knots
SW
11mph
SW 8mph knots
SW
8mph
SW 7mph knots
SW
7mph
SW 7mph knots
SW
7mph
W 3mph knots
W
3mph
Valley
Valley SW 8mph knots
SW
8mph
SW 9mph knots
SW
9mph
SW 8mph knots
SW
8mph
SW 6mph knots
SW
6mph
SW 8mph knots
SW
8mph
W 3mph knots
W
3mph

Wind gust

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
900m
900m 30mph 29mph 27mph 28mph 27mph 20mph
600m
600m 28mph 27mph 24mph 23mph 23mph 11mph
300m
300m 22mph 22mph 19mph 19mph 19mph 12mph
Valley
Valley 19mph 18mph 17mph 15mph 18mph 10mph

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
900m
900m 9 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius
600m
600m 10 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius
300m
300m 14 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius 15 degrees Celsius 15 degrees Celsius 15 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius
Valley
Valley 16 degrees Celsius 16 degrees Celsius 16 degrees Celsius 18 degrees Celsius 16 degrees Celsius 16 degrees Celsius
Freezing Level Freezing Level
3200m
3300m
3000m
2700m
2900m
3000m

Additional weather information

Meteorologist's view

Nothing to add

Weather

A rather cloudy day with the chance of a few light passing showers, but a fair amount of dry weather likely. Outbreaks of rain may spread from the southwest in the evening.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

50%, best chance across the Eastern Fells in the afternoon

Low cloud and visibility

Poor in widespread cloud down to 200 to 600 metres at first. This lifting and breaking somewhat to patches down to 800 metres in the afternoon although cloud may be more extensive across Western Fells throughout the afternoon.

Ground conditions

No recent ground conditions report available.

Summit specific forecast