Mountain weather

Mountain weather

Peak District

Confidence

High for general weather situation but moderate for the extent of cloud on Tuesday and lower for the timings of the rainband on Wednesday.

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

Cloudy initially but brightening by the afternoon. Mostly dry.

Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
Weather
(at 600m)
Weather symbols Fog Dull Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Partly cloudy (night)
Chance of
precipitation
(at 600m)
Chance of precipitation
20%
10%
10%
10%
20%
10%

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 5mph knots
SW
5mph
SW 5mph knots
SW
5mph
SW 7mph knots
SW
7mph
SW 9mph knots
SW
9mph
SW 6mph knots
SW
6mph
S 7mph knots
S
7mph
300m
300m SW 2mph knots
SW
2mph
W 3mph knots
W
3mph
SW 7mph knots
SW
7mph
SW 7mph knots
SW
7mph
S 4mph knots
S
4mph
S 4mph knots
S
4mph
Valley
Valley SE 1mph knots
SE
1mph
S 2mph knots
S
2mph
SW 4mph knots
SW
4mph
SW 5mph knots
SW
5mph
NW 2mph knots
NW
2mph
E 3mph knots
E
3mph

Wind gust

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
600m
600m 6mph 7mph 10mph 11mph 7mph 8mph
300m
300m 3mph 4mph 9mph 9mph 5mph 5mph
Valley
Valley 3mph 3mph 7mph 9mph 3mph 5mph

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
600m
600m 14 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius
300m
300m 15 degrees Celsius 16 degrees Celsius 17 degrees Celsius 18 degrees Celsius 18 degrees Celsius 17 degrees Celsius
Valley
Valley 13 degrees Celsius 17 degrees Celsius 18 degrees Celsius 19 degrees Celsius 18 degrees Celsius 16 degrees Celsius
Freezing Level Freezing Level
2600m
2500m
2500m
2600m
2600m
2600m

Additional weather information

Meteorologist's view

Good navigation skills required at first. Although largely cloudy, some breaks will develop, allowing a few bright or sunny spells.

Weather

A cloudy start, with low cloud largely confined to western upslopes, where mist and hill fog are likely. Cloud lifts and breaks through the morning, lifting above all but the highest summits by midday and sunny spells and dry conditions developing into the late afternoon/early evening.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

20% in the west and 60% in the east becoming 90% everywhere through the afternoon.

Low cloud and visibility

Cloud bases around 300m in the west initially, 600m in the east, lifting all over to 600m by afternoon. Visibilities poor in hill fog and any mist to start but improving to very good during the afternoon.

Ground conditions

No recent ground conditions report available.

Summit specific forecast