Mountain weather

Mountain weather

Mourne Mountains

Confidence

High for turning much more changeable, but low for the daily details and timings of changes

Sunrise: Sunset:
Sunrise: Sunset:
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

A sunny start to the day but clouding over with some patchy light rain and hill fog, brighter again towards evening. Fresh summit breeze.

Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
Weather
(at 600m)
Weather symbols Clear night Cloudy Light rain Cloudy Light rain showers (night) Partly cloudy (night)
Chance of
precipitation
(at 600m)
Chance of precipitation
<5%
10%
50%
30%
40%
20%

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 N 19mph knots
N
19mph
NE 24mph knots
NE
24mph
NE 23mph knots
NE
23mph
SE 21mph knots
SE
21mph
SE 20mph knots
SE
20mph
SE 21mph knots
SE
21mph
300m
300m N 9mph knots
N
9mph
NE 13mph knots
NE
13mph
NE 12mph knots
NE
12mph
SE 12mph knots
SE
12mph
SE 9mph knots
SE
9mph
SE 9mph knots
SE
9mph
Valley
Valley N 7mph knots
N
7mph
NE 12mph knots
NE
12mph
NE 10mph knots
NE
10mph
SE 11mph knots
SE
11mph
SE 7mph knots
SE
7mph
SE 7mph knots
SE
7mph

Wind gust

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
600m
600m 28mph 35mph 33mph 30mph 29mph 31mph
300m
300m 19mph 26mph 23mph 21mph 19mph 20mph
Valley
Valley 19mph 26mph 21mph 21mph 18mph 18mph

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
600m
600m 0 degrees Celsius 0 degrees Celsius 1 degrees Celsius 3 degrees Celsius 2 degrees Celsius 3 degrees Celsius
300m
300m 3 degrees Celsius 4 degrees Celsius 6 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius 6 degrees Celsius 6 degrees Celsius
Valley
Valley 4 degrees Celsius 5 degrees Celsius 9 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius 7 degrees Celsius
Freezing Level Freezing Level
1200m
2100m
1900m
1600m
1500m
1400m

Additional weather information

Meteorologist's view

A significant chill effect on the summits, though not severe. Beware of the lowering cloud after a deceptively sunny start.

Weather

A sunny start but soon clouding over from the east. The cloud lowering and bringing a few patches of light rain in the afternoon before the cloud breaks later, perhaps allowing some late sunshine ahead of a clearer evening with the odd light shower possible.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

90% at first falling 20% or less for a time in the afternoon, improving 70% in evening

Low cloud and visibility

No low cloud and good visibility at first and again in evening, but a spell of cloud at 500-750m in the middle of the day, bringing hill fog. Low level visibility should stay mainly good except in any patches of rain

Ground conditions

No recent ground conditions report available.

Summit specific forecast