Mountain weather
Mourne Mountains
Confidence
High for dry and settled weather into the coming week. Low for amounts of cloud on a daily basis.
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Mon 20 JulSunrise:Sunset:
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Tue 21 JulSunrise: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 and cloudy, bright spells in the afternoon.
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Weather
(at 800m)
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Chance of
precipitation (at 800m)
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Chance of precipitation |
10%
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10%
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10%
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<5%
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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 24mph knots
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24mph |
N 23mph knots
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23mph |
N 19mph knots
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19mph |
N 17mph knots
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17mph |
N 18mph knots
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18mph |
N 21mph knots
N
21mph |
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300m
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300m | N 15mph knots
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15mph |
N 11mph knots
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11mph |
N 13mph knots
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13mph |
N 11mph knots
N
11mph |
N 12mph knots
N
12mph |
N 12mph knots
N
12mph |
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Valley
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Valley | N 13mph knots
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13mph |
NW 11mph knots
NW
11mph |
N 12mph knots
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12mph |
N 10mph knots
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10mph |
N 12mph knots
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12mph |
N 12mph knots
N
12mph |
Wind gust
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600m
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600m | 32mph | 33mph | 26mph | 24mph | 26mph | 31mph |
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300m
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300m | 25mph | 21mph | 20mph | 18mph | 20mph | 22mph |
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Valley
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Valley | 24mph | 22mph | 21mph | 19mph | 20mph | 23mph |
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600m
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600m | 10 degrees Celsius 10°C | 11 degrees Celsius 11°C | 12 degrees Celsius 12°C | 14 degrees Celsius 14°C | 12 degrees Celsius 12°C | 10 degrees Celsius 10°C |
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300m
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300m | 13 degrees Celsius 13°C | 14 degrees Celsius 14°C | 16 degrees Celsius 16°C | 17 degrees Celsius 17°C | 16 degrees Celsius 16°C | 13 degrees Celsius 13°C |
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Valley
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Valley | 14 degrees Celsius 14°C | 15 degrees Celsius 15°C | 17 degrees Celsius 17°C | 19 degrees Celsius 19°C | 17 degrees Celsius 17°C | 14 degrees Celsius 14°C |
| Freezing Level | Freezing Level |
2900m
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3100m
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3000m
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3000m
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2800m
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3200m
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600m
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600m | 6 degrees Celsius 6°C | 7 degrees Celsius 7°C | 9 degrees Celsius 9°C | 10 degrees Celsius 10°C | 9 degrees Celsius 9°C | 7 degrees Celsius 7°C |
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300m
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300m | 10 degrees Celsius 10°C | 12 degrees Celsius 12°C | 14 degrees Celsius 14°C | 15 degrees Celsius 15°C | 14 degrees Celsius 14°C | 10 degrees Celsius 10°C |
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Valley
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Valley | 12 degrees Celsius 12°C | 13 degrees Celsius 13°C | 15 degrees Celsius 15°C | 17 degrees Celsius 17°C | 15 degrees Celsius 15°C | 12 degrees Celsius 12°C |
| Freezing Level | Freezing Level |
2900m
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3100m
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3000m
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3000m
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2800m
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3200m
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Additional weather information
Meteorologist's view
Nothing to add.
Weather
Dry throughout. After a cloudy morning some sunny spells developing the afternoon.
Chance of cloud-free hill tops
70%, best chance in the afternoon.
Low cloud and visibility
Poor in areas of cloud down to 600 to 800 metres at first, this breaking and lifting off the tops by early afternoon.
Ground conditions
No recent ground conditions report available.
Mountain weather information
Weather
Dry throughout. A cloudy start but some sunny spells developing by afternoon.
Chance of cloud-free hill tops
70%.
Maximum wind speed expected
Northwesterly 15 mph.
Temperature
- At 700m Plus 14 Celsius.
- Valley Plus 12 rising to 20 Celsius.
- Freezing level Above the summits
Low cloud and visibility
Poor in areas of cloud around 600 metres at first, this dispersing by late morning. Then good visibility with cloud above the summits in the afternoon.
Ground conditions
No recent ground conditions report available.
Mountain weather information
Wed 22 Jul
Dry with sunny spells.
Thu 23 Jul
Dry with variable amounts of cloud and bright spells.
Fri 24 Jul
Little change, remaining dry and settled.
Mountain weather information
Wed 22 Jul
Dry with sunny spells.
Thu 23 Jul
Dry with variable amounts of cloud and bright spells.
Fri 24 Jul
Little change, remaining dry and settled.
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.