Mountain weather

Mountain weather

Mourne Mountains

Confidence

High for generally cloudy with outbreaks of rain through the coming days, then a brighter day on Wednesday, but lower for extent of any drier and brighter spells on Monday.

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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

Rather cloudy but mainly dry. Strengthening southwesterly winds.

Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
Weather
(at 600m)
Weather symbols Partly cloudy (night) Partly cloudy (night) Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy
Chance of
precipitation
(at 600m)
Chance of precipitation
20%
20%
20%
20%
20%
10%

Wind direction and speed

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
600m
600m SW 25mph knots
SW
25mph
SW 25mph knots
SW
25mph
SW 23mph knots
SW
23mph
SW 24mph knots
SW
24mph
SW 26mph knots
SW
26mph
SW 26mph knots
SW
26mph
300m
300m SW 5mph knots
SW
5mph
SW 8mph knots
SW
8mph
SW 13mph knots
SW
13mph
SW 13mph knots
SW
13mph
SW 12mph knots
SW
12mph
SW 14mph knots
SW
14mph
Valley
Valley S 2mph knots
S
2mph
SW 5mph knots
SW
5mph
SW 10mph knots
SW
10mph
SW 10mph knots
SW
10mph
SW 10mph knots
SW
10mph
SW 10mph knots
SW
10mph

Wind gust

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
600m
600m 36mph 34mph 31mph 34mph 36mph 36mph
300m
300m 15mph 17mph 21mph 22mph 23mph 24mph
Valley
Valley 12mph 15mph 20mph 21mph 22mph 22mph

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
600m
600m 5 degrees Celsius 6 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius
300m
300m 9 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius 13 degrees Celsius 13 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius
Valley
Valley 10 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius 15 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius
Freezing Level Freezing Level
2700m
2700m
2900m
2900m
2900m
2800m

Additional weather information

Meteorologist's view

Feeling rather cold on the summits with strengthening winds and fog becoming extensive.

Weather

Dry with clear spells through the early hours but cloud increasing towards dawn. Then a mostly dry morning with quite a lot of cloud around, perhaps a few brighter spells towards midday. The afternoon continues mostly cloudy with a few spots of rain and drizzle.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

Around 60% at first falling to 25%

Low cloud and visibility

Occasional or periods of cloud, above 600-750m becoming more persistent above 450-600m at times during the afternoon. Away from cloud visibility good or very good falling to several kilometres at times in rain and drizzle.

Ground conditions

No recent ground conditions report available.

Summit specific forecast