Mountain weather

Mountain weather

Lake District

Confidence

High for the general development and for a series of wet and windy spells interspersed with more settled periods. Low confidence for details on Wednesday.

Sunrise: Sunset:
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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

Dry to start. Low cloud and drizzle from morning. Clearer, drier in northeast.

Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
Weather
(at 800m)
Weather symbols Cloudy Fog Light rain Drizzle Fog Fog
Chance of
precipitation
(at 800m)
Chance of precipitation
10%
30%
70%
60%
50%
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 SW 20mph knots
SW
20mph
SW 22mph knots
SW
22mph
SW 20mph knots
SW
20mph
SW 15mph knots
SW
15mph
SW 17mph knots
SW
17mph
SW 16mph knots
SW
16mph
600m
600m SW 23mph knots
SW
23mph
SW 22mph knots
SW
22mph
SW 19mph knots
SW
19mph
SW 14mph knots
SW
14mph
SW 14mph knots
SW
14mph
SW 13mph knots
SW
13mph
300m
300m S 7mph knots
S
7mph
SW 9mph knots
SW
9mph
SW 8mph knots
SW
8mph
SW 5mph knots
SW
5mph
SW 5mph knots
SW
5mph
SW 4mph knots
SW
4mph
Valley
Valley SW 4mph knots
SW
4mph
SW 6mph knots
SW
6mph
SW 6mph knots
SW
6mph
SW 5mph knots
SW
5mph
SW 5mph knots
SW
5mph
SW 5mph knots
SW
5mph

Wind gust

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
900m
900m 24mph 27mph 25mph 19mph 21mph 19mph
600m
600m 29mph 27mph 24mph 17mph 19mph 17mph
300m
300m 20mph 21mph 17mph 13mph 14mph 13mph
Valley
Valley 16mph 15mph 14mph 12mph 13mph 12mph

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
900m
900m 4 degrees Celsius 6 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius 9 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius
600m
600m 6 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius
300m
300m 11 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius 13 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius
Valley
Valley 14 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius 15 degrees Celsius 16 degrees Celsius 16 degrees Celsius 16 degrees Celsius
Freezing Level Freezing Level
3800m
3700m
3800m
3500m
3100m
3000m

Additional weather information

Meteorologist's view

Quite breezy conditions in the morning with buffeting of clothing. Widespread low cloud and poor visibilities will make for difficult navigation. Chilly at first but then becoming quite muggy, but feeling warm for the time of year in any sunshine.

Weather

Dry in the early hours with some clear spells but also patches of cloud. Widespread low cloud and outbreaks of mostly patchy light drizzle spread east from mid-morning. Best of any clear spells towards Northern and Eastern Fells. Chilly start but the afternoon warmer than recent days.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

50% early morning, falling to 10% or less from mid-morning.

Low cloud and visibility

Clear spells and some patches of cloud around 500-700m in the early morning. Widespread cloud down to 300m spreading east in the morning and visibilities poor in rain or drizzle and hill fog in the morning. Then the only chance of limited clear spells in the sheltered north and east.

Ground conditions

No recent ground conditions report available.

Summit specific forecast