Mountain weather

Mountain weather

Peak District

Confidence

High for a generally very mild south-westerly airstream during this period. Main forecasting uncertainty is the timing of rain and low cloud clearance early on Saturday morning. Confidence also lowers in the outlook from Monday.

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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

Cloudy with some bright spells and a few showers. Windy on the tops.

Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
Weather
(at 600m)
Weather symbols Light rain Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Light rain showers Light rain showers (night)
Chance of
precipitation
(at 600m)
Chance of precipitation
50%
30%
30%
30%
40%
40%

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 19mph knots
S
19mph
S 21mph knots
S
21mph
SW 23mph knots
SW
23mph
SW 24mph knots
SW
24mph
SW 23mph knots
SW
23mph
SW 26mph knots
SW
26mph
300m
300m S 13mph knots
S
13mph
S 18mph knots
S
18mph
S 19mph knots
S
19mph
SW 19mph knots
SW
19mph
S 18mph knots
S
18mph
S 20mph knots
S
20mph
Valley
Valley S 6mph knots
S
6mph
S 11mph knots
S
11mph
S 13mph knots
S
13mph
SW 12mph knots
SW
12mph
S 11mph knots
S
11mph
S 12mph knots
S
12mph

Wind gust

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
600m
600m 27mph 29mph 29mph 31mph 31mph 35mph
300m
300m 21mph 26mph 26mph 27mph 26mph 29mph
Valley
Valley 19mph 24mph 26mph 26mph 27mph 28mph

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
600m
600m 7 degrees Celsius 7 degrees Celsius 9 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 9 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius
300m
300m 10 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius 13 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius
Valley
Valley 11 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius 13 degrees Celsius
Freezing Level Freezing Level
2400m
2500m
2600m
2600m
2500m
2600m

Additional weather information

Meteorologist's view

A windy day on the tops with gusts of 35 to 40mph, mainly as showers move through, this may slow your progress at times and lead to it feeling cold in exposure so layers are advisable.

Weather

A mainly cloudy day with some bright spells and a few showers moving through, perhaps briefly heavy at times through the day. Rain becoming more persistent through the evening with cloud bases lowering too. Strong south-westerly winds.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

Mainly 90%, but 60% in the early morning, lowering to 30% in the evening.

Low cloud and visibility

Mainly good visibility, falling to moderate in showers. Some early fog affecting highest tops about 600m, this soon clearing but is likely to lower again from the west in the evening, with bases down 400m.

Ground conditions

No recent ground conditions report available.

Summit specific forecast