Mountain weather

Mountain weather

Yorkshire Dales

Confidence

A change to more unsettled conditions continuing with high confidence for a transition to cooler more showery conditions later in the week. Uncertainties in amount of cloud and rain on Monday and Tuesday but low cloud will shroud the hill tops at times in the coming days.

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 in the morning, rain during the afternoon, poor visibility at times.

Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
Weather
(at 800m)
Weather symbols Fog Fog Light rain Light rain Light rain Heavy Rain
Chance of
precipitation
(at 800m)
Chance of precipitation
80%
80%
80%
60%
60%
80%

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 4mph knots
S
4mph
W 2mph knots
W
2mph
SW 5mph knots
SW
5mph
SW 7mph knots
SW
7mph
SW 10mph knots
SW
10mph
SW 12mph knots
SW
12mph
300m
300m SE 1mph knots
SE
1mph
SE 1mph knots
SE
1mph
SW 4mph knots
SW
4mph
SW 7mph knots
SW
7mph
SW 7mph knots
SW
7mph
SW 6mph knots
SW
6mph
Valley
Valley E 1mph knots
E
1mph
S 1mph knots
S
1mph
SW 4mph knots
SW
4mph
SW 5mph knots
SW
5mph
SW 6mph knots
SW
6mph
SW 5mph knots
SW
5mph

Wind gust

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
600m
600m 6mph 3mph 7mph 10mph 14mph 17mph
300m
300m 3mph 2mph 6mph 11mph 13mph 14mph
Valley
Valley 3mph 2mph 6mph 10mph 13mph 13mph

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
600m
600m 10 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius 13 degrees Celsius 13 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius
300m
300m 12 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius 16 degrees Celsius 16 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius
Valley
Valley 14 degrees Celsius 15 degrees Celsius 17 degrees Celsius 18 degrees Celsius 16 degrees Celsius 15 degrees Celsius
Freezing Level Freezing Level
2800m
2700m
2700m
3000m
3900m
3800m

Additional weather information

Meteorologist's view

Light winds mainly from the southwest.

Weather

Cloudy through the morning with a few showers at times, rain spreads in from the west in the afternoon but will be intermittent with the risk of some heavier showers through the evening. Mist and fog patches will form readily in the light winds.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

30% improving to 50% for much of the day before reducing to 20% in the late afternoon.

Low cloud and visibility

Layers of low cloud are expected in the morning, around the west cloud will be broken above 300m but further east there will be some breaks in the cloud with scattered bases above 500m. Low cloud will lift during the morning but thicken again as rain moves in towards late afternoon. Visibility will be good but turning moderate or poor in the afternoon rain.

Ground conditions

No recent ground conditions report available.

Summit specific forecast