Mountain weather

Mountain weather

Eryri / Snowdonia

Confidence

High for generally dry and settled weather on Tuesday. Moderate for cloud/sunshine amounts. Low for details about timing and intensity of rain on Wednesday.

Sunrise: Sunset:
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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 initially but brightening by the afternoon. Mostly dry.

Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
Weather
(at 800m)
Weather symbols Fog Fog Dull Cloudy Sunny intervals Partly cloudy (night)
Chance of
precipitation
(at 800m)
Chance of precipitation
30%
30%
20%
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
900m
900m S 13mph knots
S
13mph
SW 11mph knots
SW
11mph
SW 10mph knots
SW
10mph
SW 10mph knots
SW
10mph
S 10mph knots
S
10mph
SW 9mph knots
SW
9mph
600m
600m S 12mph knots
S
12mph
S 11mph knots
S
11mph
SW 11mph knots
SW
11mph
SW 9mph knots
SW
9mph
S 9mph knots
S
9mph
S 8mph knots
S
8mph
300m
300m S 8mph knots
S
8mph
S 7mph knots
S
7mph
SW 8mph knots
SW
8mph
SW 6mph knots
SW
6mph
S 5mph knots
S
5mph
S 3mph knots
S
3mph
Valley
Valley S 8mph knots
S
8mph
S 7mph knots
S
7mph
SW 7mph knots
SW
7mph
SW 6mph knots
SW
6mph
SE 5mph knots
SE
5mph
S 3mph knots
S
3mph

Wind gust

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
900m
900m 16mph 13mph 14mph 13mph 13mph 11mph
600m
600m 17mph 14mph 14mph 12mph 11mph 11mph
300m
300m 16mph 11mph 11mph 9mph 9mph 7mph
Valley
Valley 16mph 10mph 11mph 9mph 9mph 7mph

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
900m
900m 10 degrees Celsius 9 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius
600m
600m 11 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius
300m
300m 13 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius 15 degrees Celsius 16 degrees Celsius 15 degrees Celsius 15 degrees Celsius
Valley
Valley 14 degrees Celsius 16 degrees Celsius 17 degrees Celsius 17 degrees Celsius 16 degrees Celsius 16 degrees Celsius
Freezing Level Freezing Level
2600m
2500m
2500m
2400m
2500m
2400m

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 extensive low cloud leading to patchy drizzle and hill fog. 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

5-10% in the west and 20-30% in the east becoming 90% everywhere through the afternoon.

Low cloud and visibility

Extensive cloud between 200-300m through the morning. Cloud lifting to give periods above 600-900m by the afternoon, with a chance that the highest summits could temporarily poke through the top of the cloud sheet. Poor or very poor visibility in the cloud but good at lower levels.

Ground conditions

No recent ground conditions report available.

Summit specific forecast