Mountain weather

Mountain weather

Eryri / Snowdonia

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

Morning showers then dry with sunny spells. Freshening southerly winds

Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
Weather
(at 800m)
Weather symbols Cloudy Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy (night) Partly cloudy (night)
Chance of
precipitation
(at 800m)
Chance of precipitation
50%
20%
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
900m
900m S 19mph knots
S
19mph
S 20mph knots
S
20mph
S 21mph knots
S
21mph
S 22mph knots
S
22mph
SE 24mph knots
SE
24mph
S 29mph knots
S
29mph
600m
600m S 15mph knots
S
15mph
S 15mph knots
S
15mph
S 17mph knots
S
17mph
S 15mph knots
S
15mph
S 14mph knots
S
14mph
S 19mph knots
S
19mph
300m
300m S 8mph knots
S
8mph
S 8mph knots
S
8mph
S 11mph knots
S
11mph
S 8mph knots
S
8mph
SE 7mph knots
SE
7mph
SE 11mph knots
SE
11mph
Valley
Valley S 8mph knots
S
8mph
S 8mph knots
S
8mph
S 11mph knots
S
11mph
S 8mph knots
S
8mph
SE 7mph knots
SE
7mph
SE 10mph knots
SE
10mph

Wind gust

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
900m
900m 22mph 24mph 26mph 26mph 28mph 34mph
600m
600m 18mph 19mph 22mph 19mph 21mph 26mph
300m
300m 16mph 16mph 19mph 15mph 15mph 22mph
Valley
Valley 16mph 16mph 18mph 14mph 15mph 22mph

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
900m
900m 2 degrees Celsius 2 degrees Celsius 2 degrees Celsius 2 degrees Celsius 2 degrees Celsius 0 degrees Celsius
600m
600m 5 degrees Celsius 5 degrees Celsius 5 degrees Celsius 6 degrees Celsius 6 degrees Celsius 4 degrees Celsius
300m
300m 9 degrees Celsius 9 degrees Celsius 9 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 9 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius
Valley
Valley 10 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 9 degrees Celsius
Freezing Level Freezing Level
2100m
2000m
2100m
2000m
1700m
1900m

Additional weather information

Meteorologist's view

Feeling rather cold on the summits, especially later in the day as winds strengthen. Gusts around 45mph over ridges and summits by evening

Weather

Variable cloud cover with areas of low cloud and scattered mainly light rain/drizzle through the early morning, and the odd patch of mist and valley fog. Any mist and fog lifts and cloud breals with sunny spells developing towards midday. The rest of the day then looks dry with sunny or clear spells.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

Around 40% at first rising to 75% by midday

Low cloud and visibility

Ares of cloud above about 450-600m, becoming more scattered through the morning, and then lifting to 750-1000m through the afternoon. Away from cloud visibility good or very good falling briefly to poor in rain and drizzle.

Ground conditions

No recent ground conditions report available.

Summit specific forecast