Mountain weather

Mountain weather

Yorkshire Dales

Confidence

High through to Sunday and good confidence in overall themes. Low for timing and amounts of snow and sleet on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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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.

Severe Chill Effect
Wind significantly lowers the ‘feels-like’ temperature relative to the actual temperature, with even moderate winds significantly adding to the chilling effect. Strong winds can result in a severe and debilitating wind chill many degrees below the actual temperature. This effect will be enhanced in rain or wet snow. Without protection, prolonged exposure could result in frost nip or frostbite on exposed parts of the body and/or hypothermia.

Mountain weather forecast

Cloudy with outbreaks of rain, drier later. Strengthening southerly winds

Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
Weather
(at 600m)
Weather symbols Light rain showers Light rain showers Light rain showers Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy
Chance of
precipitation
(at 600m)
Chance of precipitation
60%
40%
30%
20%
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
600m
600m S 18mph knots
S
18mph
S 17mph knots
S
17mph
S 17mph knots
S
17mph
S 17mph knots
S
17mph
S 21mph knots
S
21mph
S 23mph knots
S
23mph
300m
300m SE 5mph knots
SE
5mph
SE 5mph knots
SE
5mph
S 6mph knots
S
6mph
S 6mph knots
S
6mph
S 7mph knots
S
7mph
SE 7mph knots
SE
7mph
Valley
Valley S 4mph knots
S
4mph
E 2mph knots
E
2mph
SE 3mph knots
SE
3mph
S 5mph knots
S
5mph
S 9mph knots
S
9mph
S 9mph knots
S
9mph

Wind gust

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
600m
600m 24mph 25mph 23mph 25mph 33mph 35mph
300m
300m 10mph 14mph 12mph 16mph 21mph 19mph
Valley
Valley 19mph 7mph 10mph 18mph 25mph 25mph

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
600m
600m -4 degrees Celsius -4 degrees Celsius -3 degrees Celsius -3 degrees Celsius -4 degrees Celsius -5 degrees Celsius
300m
300m 0 degrees Celsius -1 degrees Celsius 1 degrees Celsius 2 degrees Celsius 0 degrees Celsius 0 degrees Celsius
Valley
Valley 3 degrees Celsius 3 degrees Celsius 5 degrees Celsius 5 degrees Celsius 3 degrees Celsius 2 degrees Celsius
Freezing Level Freezing Level
900m
500m
1100m
1100m
1100m
1000m

Additional weather information

Meteorologist's view

Feeling particularly cold, especially once any rain or showers have moved northwards as winds strengthen, with gusts around 45mph over ridges and summits in evening.

Weather

Rather cloudy to start with outbreaks of light rain or showers, these easing and edging away north into the afternoon. The rest of the day then looks dry but remains generally cloudy.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

40%, rising to 80% by the afternoon.

Low cloud and visibility

Patchy cloud from 600m breaking up into the afternoon. Away from cloud visibility good falling to several kilometres in any rain.

Ground conditions

No recent ground conditions report available.

Summit specific forecast