Mountain weather

Mountain weather

Mourne Mountains

Confidence

High for the general development and for a series of wet and windy spells interspersed with more settled periods. Low confidence for details from Tuesday afternoon through to Wednesday afternoon.

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

Low cloud and rain in morning. Some clearer spells later.

Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
Weather
(at 600m)
Weather symbols Light rain Fog Fog Cloudy Sunny intervals Cloudy
Chance of
precipitation
(at 600m)
Chance of precipitation
50%
30%
10%
10%
10%
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 SW 21mph knots
SW
21mph
SW 21mph knots
SW
21mph
W 15mph knots
W
15mph
SW 14mph knots
SW
14mph
SW 15mph knots
SW
15mph
SW 13mph knots
SW
13mph
300m
300m SW 4mph knots
SW
4mph
SW 7mph knots
SW
7mph
W 10mph knots
W
10mph
SW 9mph knots
SW
9mph
SW 6mph knots
SW
6mph
SW 4mph knots
SW
4mph
Valley
Valley SE 1mph knots
SE
1mph
SW 6mph knots
SW
6mph
W 8mph knots
W
8mph
SW 7mph knots
SW
7mph
SW 3mph knots
SW
3mph
SE 3mph knots
SE
3mph

Wind gust

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
600m
600m 29mph 30mph 21mph 19mph 21mph 19mph
300m
300m 11mph 15mph 15mph 15mph 12mph 10mph
Valley
Valley 9mph 16mph 15mph 14mph 10mph 8mph

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
600m
600m 8 degrees Celsius 9 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius
300m
300m 12 degrees Celsius 13 degrees Celsius 15 degrees Celsius 16 degrees Celsius 16 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius
Valley
Valley 12 degrees Celsius 15 degrees Celsius 17 degrees Celsius 18 degrees Celsius 17 degrees Celsius 15 degrees Celsius
Freezing Level Freezing Level
3800m
3700m
3100m
3100m
2900m
2700m

Additional weather information

Meteorologist's view

Quite windy conditions in the morning will make for fairly arduous walking on exposed terrain with buffeting of clothing. Balance may be affected at times. Rather warm for the time of year.

Weather

Widespread cloud and outbreaks of rain or drizzle spread east in the early morning. Generally dry the rest of the day with cloud gradually lifting and breaking to allow some bright spells in the afternoon, but some patchy drizzle possible at times. Notably warmer than recent days.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

No chance at first, rising to 30% in afternoon and evening.

Low cloud and visibility

Widespread cloud down to 300m and visibilities poor in rain and hill fog in the morning. Cloud gradually lifting to around 800m in the afternoon with some clear breaks developing at times and good visibilities below the cloud layer.

Ground conditions

No recent ground conditions report available.

Summit specific forecast