Mountain weather

Mountain weather

Peak District

Confidence

High confidence for a lot of dry, bright and settled weather today (Saturday). Some uncertainty in the cloud detail and timing of a band of cloud and light rain moving southeast during Sunday.

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

Early valley fog clearing, otherwise dry with sunny spells and light winds.

Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
Weather
(at 600m)
Weather symbols Clear night Sunny Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy (night) Clear night
Chance of
precipitation
(at 600m)
Chance of precipitation
10%
10%
10%
10%
10%
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 S 10mph knots
S
10mph
SE 9mph knots
SE
9mph
S 9mph knots
S
9mph
S 7mph knots
S
7mph
SW 8mph knots
SW
8mph
SW 8mph knots
SW
8mph
300m
300m SE 6mph knots
SE
6mph
S 6mph knots
S
6mph
S 8mph knots
S
8mph
S 6mph knots
S
6mph
S 5mph knots
S
5mph
S 3mph knots
S
3mph
Valley
Valley SE 2mph knots
SE
2mph
SE 2mph knots
SE
2mph
S 6mph knots
S
6mph
S 4mph knots
S
4mph
SE 3mph knots
SE
3mph
SE 2mph knots
SE
2mph

Wind gust

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

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
600m
600m 7 degrees Celsius 6 degrees Celsius 6 degrees Celsius 7 degrees Celsius 5 degrees Celsius 4 degrees Celsius
300m
300m 8 degrees Celsius 6 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius 9 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius 7 degrees Celsius
Valley
Valley 6 degrees Celsius 7 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius 7 degrees Celsius 7 degrees Celsius
Freezing Level Freezing Level
1900m
2100m
1900m
1900m
2000m
1900m

Additional weather information

Meteorologist's view

Low cloud will be slow to clear from the valleys. A chance of good views of a cloud inversion from the clear tops above the cloud in the morning. Although, navigating to the summits may be challenging at times due to mist and fog at lower levels.

Weather

Extensive mist and fog developing in the valleys and lowest summits, which will be slow to clear during the morning. Otherwise, a dry day with sunny spells of autumn sunshine for most of the afternoon.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

90%.

Low cloud and visibility

Extensive low cloud and fog in the valleys and on low slopes, slowly clearing during the morning. The visibility in mist and fog will likely be poor or very poor, but this will mostly be confined to valleys and lower slopes. Mainly good visibility developing with clear summits above the cloud.

Ground conditions

No recent ground conditions report available.

Summit specific forecast