Mountain weather
Mourne Mountains
Confidence
High for changeable conditions, medium for timing of changes
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Fri 4 SepSunrise:Sunset:
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Sat 5 SepSunrise:Sunset:
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Further outlook
Mountain weather hazards
Hazards apply at or above 300m, reflecting the more severe conditions which can occur at altitude.
Gales
Strong Sunlight
Severe Chill Effect
Poor Visibility
Mountain weather forecast
A bright day with sunshine and scattered showers, strong to gale westerly winds
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Weather
(at 600m)
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Chance of
precipitation (at 600m)
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Chance of precipitation |
10%
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40%
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40%
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30%
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30%
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20%
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Wind direction and speed
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600m
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600m | W 40mph knots
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40mph |
W 39mph knots
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39mph |
W 36mph knots
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36mph |
W 32mph knots
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32mph |
W 31mph knots
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31mph |
W 32mph knots
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32mph |
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300m
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300m | W 17mph knots
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17mph |
W 20mph knots
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20mph |
W 21mph knots
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21mph |
W 19mph knots
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19mph |
W 17mph knots
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17mph |
W 15mph knots
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15mph |
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Valley
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Valley | W 13mph knots
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13mph |
W 16mph knots
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16mph |
W 17mph knots
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17mph |
W 15mph knots
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15mph |
W 13mph knots
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13mph |
W 11mph knots
W
11mph |
Wind gust
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600m
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600m | 55mph | 53mph | 50mph | 45mph | 44mph | 45mph |
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300m
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300m | 33mph | 36mph | 36mph | 32mph | 31mph | 28mph |
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Valley
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Valley | 31mph | 34mph | 35mph | 31mph | 29mph | 26mph |
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600m
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600m | 9 degrees Celsius 9°C | 10 degrees Celsius 10°C | 11 degrees Celsius 11°C | 12 degrees Celsius 12°C | 11 degrees Celsius 11°C | 9 degrees Celsius 9°C |
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300m
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300m | 11 degrees Celsius 11°C | 13 degrees Celsius 13°C | 14 degrees Celsius 14°C | 15 degrees Celsius 15°C | 13 degrees Celsius 13°C | 11 degrees Celsius 11°C |
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Valley
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Valley | 12 degrees Celsius 12°C | 14 degrees Celsius 14°C | 16 degrees Celsius 16°C | 16 degrees Celsius 16°C | 14 degrees Celsius 14°C | 12 degrees Celsius 12°C |
| Freezing Level | Freezing Level |
1900m
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2100m
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2000m
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2000m
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2000m
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2000m
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600m
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600m | 4 degrees Celsius 4°C | 5 degrees Celsius 5°C | 6 degrees Celsius 6°C | 7 degrees Celsius 7°C | 6 degrees Celsius 6°C | 4 degrees Celsius 4°C |
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300m
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300m | 8 degrees Celsius 8°C | 9 degrees Celsius 9°C | 10 degrees Celsius 10°C | 12 degrees Celsius 12°C | 10 degrees Celsius 10°C | 8 degrees Celsius 8°C |
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Valley
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Valley | 10 degrees Celsius 10°C | 11 degrees Celsius 11°C | 12 degrees Celsius 12°C | 13 degrees Celsius 13°C | 12 degrees Celsius 12°C | 10 degrees Celsius 10°C |
| Freezing Level | Freezing Level |
1900m
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2100m
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2000m
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2000m
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2000m
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2000m
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Additional weather information
Meteorologist's view
Note the low feels like temperature on the tops due to the gale force winds.
Weather
A bright day with some sunny intervals and a scattering of showers, perhaps the odd heavy one
Chance of cloud-free hill tops
80% by dawn then 90% or more during the day.
Low cloud and visibility
By day no low cloud, and mostly good visibility with only brief deteriorations as any showers pass through.
Ground conditions
No recent ground conditions report available.
Mountain weather information
Weather
A mainly dry day with some sunny spells, but turning cloudier later in the afternoon with outbreaks of rain developing, perhaps heavy.
Chance of cloud-free hill tops
More than 90% for most of day but falling 20% towards the end of the afternoon.
Maximum wind speed expected
Westerly 15 gusts 25mph becoming southerly later and freshening 25 gusts 35mph.
Temperature
- At 700m Plus 7 rising to 9 Celsius
- Valley Plus 10 Celsius rising to 17 Celsius
- Freezing level Above the summits
Low cloud and visibility
For most of day, no low cloud and good visibility, then from late afternoon, cloud lowering to 500-600m bringing hill fog and some poorer visibility in rain.
Ground conditions
No recent ground conditions report available.
Mountain weather information
Sun 6 Sep
Rather cloudy, probably dry until some point in the afternoon or early evening when a band of rain will cross from the west, with uncertain timings. Strong southerly winds.
Mon 7 Sep
A mainly dry bright morning before showers or longer spells of rain start to develop in the afternoon, some heavy, with strengthening southwesterly winds.
Tue 8 Sep
Windy with sunny intervals and showers or longer spells of rain.
Mountain weather information
Sun 6 Sep
Rather cloudy, probably dry until some point in the afternoon or early evening when a band of rain will cross from the west, with uncertain timings. Strong southerly winds.
Mon 7 Sep
A mainly dry bright morning before showers or longer spells of rain start to develop in the afternoon, some heavy, with strengthening southwesterly winds.
Tue 8 Sep
Windy with sunny intervals and showers or longer spells of rain.
Summit specific forecast
The Mourne Mountains are a granite mountain range in County Down in the southeast of Northern Ireland, is an area of outstanding natural beauty, and has been proposed as the first National Park in Northern Ireland.