Mountain weather

Mountain weather

Yorkshire Dales

Confidence

High for an unsettled week to come but lower for timings of arrival and clearance of any more persistent rain, especially on Thursday.

Sunrise: Sunset:
Sunrise: Sunset:
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 with light rain and drizzle. Extensive hill fog.

Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
Weather
(at 600m)
Weather symbols Fog Drizzle Light rain Drizzle Cloudy Partly cloudy (night)
Chance of
precipitation
(at 600m)
Chance of precipitation
60%
70%
70%
70%
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
600m
600m SE 15mph knots
SE
15mph
SE 16mph knots
SE
16mph
SE 14mph knots
SE
14mph
S 16mph knots
S
16mph
S 17mph knots
S
17mph
SW 20mph knots
SW
20mph
300m
300m SE 6mph knots
SE
6mph
SE 10mph knots
SE
10mph
SE 7mph knots
SE
7mph
S 10mph knots
S
10mph
S 9mph knots
S
9mph
S 9mph knots
S
9mph
Valley
Valley E 8mph knots
E
8mph
SE 10mph knots
SE
10mph
SE 9mph knots
SE
9mph
S 7mph knots
S
7mph
S 7mph knots
S
7mph
S 7mph knots
S
7mph

Wind gust

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
600m
600m 25mph 25mph 20mph 23mph 25mph 28mph
300m
300m 20mph 22mph 17mph 20mph 21mph 22mph
Valley
Valley 19mph 20mph 16mph 19mph 20mph 21mph

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
600m
600m 4 degrees Celsius 5 degrees Celsius 7 degrees Celsius 9 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 9 degrees Celsius
300m
300m 9 degrees Celsius 9 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius 13 degrees Celsius
Valley
Valley 10 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius 13 degrees Celsius 15 degrees Celsius 15 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius
Freezing Level Freezing Level
3100m
3200m
3000m
3100m
3200m
3300m

Additional weather information

Meteorologist's view

Tricky navigation conditions across many areas, with potential for gusts around 35mph possible over ridges and summits later.

Weather

A cloudy day with outbreaks of mainly light rain and drizzle at times throughout the day. The best of any brighter spells likely to be across northern hills during the afternoon but these will be limited. Similar into the evening, with only briefer clearer spells overnight.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

Around 30% for northern hills, otherwise near zero

Low cloud and visibility

Periods or persistent cloud above about 400m, with patches below for southern fells, but cloud lifting at times above about 600 across northern hills. Visibilities moderate to poor in drizzle, very poor in hill fog.

Ground conditions

No recent ground conditions report available.

Summit specific forecast