Mountain weather
Mourne Mountains
Confidence
High for fine weather over the weekend and on Monday. High for a change to more unsettled weather from Tuesday onwards, but low for extent of any rain on Tuesday.
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Sat 22 AugSunrise:Sunset:
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Sun 23 AugSunrise: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.
Strong Sunlight
Mountain weather forecast
Dry with sunny spells
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Weather
(at 800m)
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Chance of
precipitation (at 800m)
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Chance of precipitation |
<5%
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<5%
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10%
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10%
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10%
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<5%
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Wind direction and speed
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600m
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600m | N 28mph knots
N
28mph |
NW 17mph knots
NW
17mph |
NW 14mph knots
NW
14mph |
NW 14mph knots
NW
14mph |
NW 13mph knots
NW
13mph |
N 12mph knots
N
12mph |
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300m
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300m | N 12mph knots
N
12mph |
NW 9mph knots
NW
9mph |
NW 9mph knots
NW
9mph |
NW 9mph knots
NW
9mph |
NW 7mph knots
NW
7mph |
N 5mph knots
N
5mph |
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Valley
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Valley | N 11mph knots
N
11mph |
NW 8mph knots
NW
8mph |
NW 8mph knots
NW
8mph |
NW 8mph knots
NW
8mph |
N 6mph knots
N
6mph |
N 4mph knots
N
4mph |
Wind gust
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600m
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600m | 40mph | 23mph | 20mph | 19mph | 18mph | 19mph |
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300m
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300m | 25mph | 15mph | 15mph | 14mph | 13mph | 12mph |
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Valley
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Valley | 24mph | 15mph | 14mph | 14mph | 12mph | 11mph |
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600m
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600m | 8 degrees Celsius 8°C | 8 degrees Celsius 8°C | 10 degrees Celsius 10°C | 12 degrees Celsius 12°C | 11 degrees Celsius 11°C | 10 degrees Celsius 10°C |
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300m
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300m | 9 degrees Celsius 9°C | 12 degrees Celsius 12°C | 14 degrees Celsius 14°C | 15 degrees Celsius 15°C | 14 degrees Celsius 14°C | 11 degrees Celsius 11°C |
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Valley
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Valley | 10 degrees Celsius 10°C | 13 degrees Celsius 13°C | 15 degrees Celsius 15°C | 16 degrees Celsius 16°C | 15 degrees Celsius 15°C | 12 degrees Celsius 12°C |
| Freezing Level | Freezing Level |
1800m
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1800m
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1800m
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1900m
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1900m
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1900m
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600m
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600m | 2 degrees Celsius 2°C | 5 degrees Celsius 5°C | 8 degrees Celsius 8°C | 9 degrees Celsius 9°C | 9 degrees Celsius 9°C | 7 degrees Celsius 7°C |
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300m
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300m | 7 degrees Celsius 7°C | 10 degrees Celsius 10°C | 12 degrees Celsius 12°C | 13 degrees Celsius 13°C | 13 degrees Celsius 13°C | 10 degrees Celsius 10°C |
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Valley
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Valley | 8 degrees Celsius 8°C | 12 degrees Celsius 12°C | 14 degrees Celsius 14°C | 15 degrees Celsius 15°C | 14 degrees Celsius 14°C | 11 degrees Celsius 11°C |
| Freezing Level | Freezing Level |
1800m
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1800m
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1800m
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1900m
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1900m
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1900m
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Additional weather information
Meteorologist's view
Nothing to add
Weather
Dry throughout. Bright start but some cloud bubbling up through the morning and afternoon.
Chance of cloud-free hill tops
90%
Low cloud and visibility
Some patchy cloud around 800 metres at first, otherwise very good visibility with cloud above the summits
Ground conditions
No recent ground conditions report available.
Mountain weather information
Weather
Dry with some spells of sunshine, some cloud bubbling up by the afternoon
Chance of cloud-free hill tops
90%
Maximum wind speed expected
Southwest 10 mph
Temperature
- At 700m Plus 7 rising to 11 Celsius
- Valley Plus 6 rising to 19 Celsius
- Freezing level Above summits
Low cloud and visibility
Very good visibility with little in the way of summit cloud
Ground conditions
No recent ground conditions report available.
Mountain weather information
Mon 24 Aug
Dry and warm with plenty of sunshine. Little in the way of summit cloud.
Tue 25 Aug
Mostly cloudy with the chance of a few brief showers. Fresh easterly summit winds.
Wed 26 Aug
Unsettled with spells of rain, heavy at times.
Mountain weather information
Mon 24 Aug
Dry and warm with plenty of sunshine. Little in the way of summit cloud.
Tue 25 Aug
Mostly cloudy with the chance of a few brief showers. Fresh easterly summit winds.
Wed 26 Aug
Unsettled with spells of rain, heavy at times.
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.