Mountain weather

Mountain weather

Eryri / Snowdonia

Confidence

High for generally cloudy with outbreaks of rain through the coming days, then a brighter day on Wednesday, but lower for extent of any drier and brighter spells on 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

Bright start but turning cloudier with patchy afternoon rain. Strengthening southwesterly winds.

Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
Weather
(at 800m)
Weather symbols Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy Fog Fog Fog
Chance of
precipitation
(at 800m)
Chance of precipitation
10%
10%
10%
30%
40%
30%

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 SW 20mph knots
SW
20mph
SW 19mph knots
SW
19mph
SW 22mph knots
SW
22mph
SW 23mph knots
SW
23mph
SW 24mph knots
SW
24mph
SW 22mph knots
SW
22mph
600m
600m S 15mph knots
S
15mph
S 17mph knots
S
17mph
S 16mph knots
S
16mph
SW 17mph knots
SW
17mph
SW 17mph knots
SW
17mph
SW 17mph knots
SW
17mph
300m
300m SE 5mph knots
SE
5mph
S 10mph knots
S
10mph
S 11mph knots
S
11mph
SW 11mph knots
SW
11mph
SW 11mph knots
SW
11mph
SW 11mph knots
SW
11mph
Valley
Valley SE 5mph knots
SE
5mph
S 10mph knots
S
10mph
S 11mph knots
S
11mph
SW 11mph knots
SW
11mph
SW 11mph knots
SW
11mph
SW 11mph knots
SW
11mph

Wind gust

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
900m
900m 23mph 23mph 27mph 28mph 30mph 28mph
600m
600m 18mph 21mph 21mph 22mph 22mph 22mph
300m
300m 13mph 17mph 18mph 18mph 20mph 20mph
Valley
Valley 14mph 18mph 17mph 18mph 20mph 21mph

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
900m
900m 3 degrees Celsius 4 degrees Celsius 6 degrees Celsius 7 degrees Celsius 6 degrees Celsius 6 degrees Celsius
600m
600m 6 degrees Celsius 7 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 9 degrees Celsius 9 degrees Celsius
300m
300m 10 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius
Valley
Valley 10 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius 13 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius 13 degrees Celsius
Freezing Level Freezing Level
2600m
2400m
2600m
2700m
2900m
3000m

Additional weather information

Meteorologist's view

Feeling rather cold on the summits with strengthening winds, and navigation becoming challenging as fog becomes extensive.

Weather

A bright start but chilly start with some early sunshine, especially across eastern hills, but cloud increasing from the west with a little rain and drizzle likely, especially in the west, in the afternoon and evening.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

Around 75% at first falling close to zero by early afternoon in west, but nearer 25% in the east.

Low cloud and visibility

Occasional cloud, mainly across western hills at first, above 600-750m. This becoming widespread above 500-600m with patches to 400m in the west, but cloud tending to be more broken above 600-700m in the east. Away from cloud visibility good or very good initially, falling to poor in rain and drizzle and very poor in low cloud covering the hills.

Ground conditions

No recent ground conditions report available.

Summit specific forecast