Mountain weather

Mountain weather

Peak District

Confidence

High for reasonably fine and settled conditions through Thursday and Friday, although lower for cloud details and for timing of a weakening band of rain moving southeast over the weekend, before confidence rises again early next week with a high building over the United Kingdom.

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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

Dry with sunny spells developing. Mainly light winds.

Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
Weather
(at 600m)
Weather symbols Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy (night) Partly cloudy (night)
Chance of
precipitation
(at 600m)
Chance of precipitation
20%
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 SW 9mph knots
SW
9mph
SW 8mph knots
SW
8mph
SW 9mph knots
SW
9mph
S 10mph knots
S
10mph
S 11mph knots
S
11mph
S 13mph knots
S
13mph
300m
300m S 6mph knots
S
6mph
SE 4mph knots
SE
4mph
S 7mph knots
S
7mph
S 8mph knots
S
8mph
S 7mph knots
S
7mph
SE 8mph knots
SE
8mph
Valley
Valley S 3mph knots
S
3mph
SE 3mph knots
SE
3mph
S 4mph knots
S
4mph
S 5mph knots
S
5mph
SE 4mph knots
SE
4mph
SE 5mph knots
SE
5mph

Wind gust

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
600m
600m 13mph 11mph 12mph 13mph 17mph 19mph
300m
300m 12mph 6mph 9mph 11mph 13mph 15mph
Valley
Valley 12mph 7mph 8mph 11mph 12mph 15mph

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
600m
600m 6 degrees Celsius 6 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius 6 degrees Celsius 6 degrees Celsius
300m
300m 9 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 9 degrees Celsius
Valley
Valley 10 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius 13 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius 9 degrees Celsius
Freezing Level Freezing Level
1900m
1900m
1900m
2000m
2100m
2000m

Additional weather information

Meteorologist's view

Once early morning mist and fog has cleared, a fine day to be in the park.

Weather

Partly cloudy with clear spells into the morning leading to patchy low level mist and fog patches developing especially in the east. Any low level mist and fog patches soon clearing then a dry day with some good spells of sunshine developing. Remaining dry with long clear spells through the evening, but mist and fog may return to low levels.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

Around 60% at first rising to >95% by early afternoon

Low cloud and visibility

Occasional or periods of cloud above about 400m initially rising above the peaks by the late morning. Away from cloud visibility good or very good, but poor in any early low level mist and fog patches.

Ground conditions

No recent ground conditions report available.

Summit specific forecast