Mountain weather

Mountain weather

Mourne Mountains

Confidence

Some uncertainty on Tuesday's rainfall detail given the slow moving nature of the frontal zone. Otherwise high confidence in the broad themes for next 5 days.

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 mainly dry and bright morning. Patchy rain later.

Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
Weather
(at 600m)
Weather symbols Cloudy Sunny intervals Cloudy Cloudy Light rain Light rain
Chance of
precipitation
(at 600m)
Chance of precipitation
20%
20%
20%
30%
40%
70%

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 W 14mph knots
W
14mph
W 14mph knots
W
14mph
SW 12mph knots
SW
12mph
SW 12mph knots
SW
12mph
S 14mph knots
S
14mph
SW 11mph knots
SW
11mph
300m
300m W 5mph knots
W
5mph
W 7mph knots
W
7mph
SW 8mph knots
SW
8mph
S 8mph knots
S
8mph
S 6mph knots
S
6mph
SW 4mph knots
SW
4mph
Valley
Valley W 3mph knots
W
3mph
W 7mph knots
W
7mph
SW 7mph knots
SW
7mph
SW 7mph knots
SW
7mph
S 4mph knots
S
4mph
SW 2mph knots
SW
2mph

Wind gust

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
600m
600m 19mph 19mph 17mph 17mph 18mph 15mph
300m
300m 11mph 11mph 13mph 12mph 11mph 9mph
Valley
Valley 11mph 13mph 13mph 12mph 10mph 7mph

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
600m
600m 10 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius
300m
300m 14 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius 16 degrees Celsius 15 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius
Valley
Valley 15 degrees Celsius 16 degrees Celsius 17 degrees Celsius 17 degrees Celsius 15 degrees Celsius 15 degrees Celsius
Freezing Level Freezing Level
2400m
2800m
2600m
2700m
2800m
2800m

Additional weather information

Meteorologist's view

Nothing to add.

Weather

Mainly dry and bright in the morning with a few patches of hill fog. Turning widely cloudier through the afternoon, then a frontal zone brings rain across the area in the evening.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

30% early and late, 70% during much of daytime.

Low cloud and visibility

Patchy cloud bases 400-600m at first, lifting above most tops during the morning before deteriorating again in the evening.

Ground conditions

No recent ground conditions report available.

Summit specific forecast