Mountain weather

Mountain weather

Yorkshire Dales

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

A few early 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 600m)
Weather symbols Cloudy Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy (night) Partly cloudy (night)
Chance of
precipitation
(at 600m)
Chance of precipitation
40%
30%
10%
10%
10%
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 SW 9mph knots
SW
9mph
S 9mph knots
S
9mph
S 10mph knots
S
10mph
S 12mph knots
S
12mph
S 10mph knots
S
10mph
S 11mph knots
S
11mph
300m
300m S 2mph knots
S
2mph
S 4mph knots
S
4mph
S 6mph knots
S
6mph
S 7mph knots
S
7mph
S 4mph knots
S
4mph
S 5mph knots
S
5mph
Valley
Valley SW 1mph knots
SW
1mph
S 4mph knots
S
4mph
S 5mph knots
S
5mph
S 6mph knots
S
6mph
SE 4mph knots
SE
4mph
SE 5mph knots
SE
5mph

Wind gust

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
600m
600m 13mph 13mph 13mph 16mph 16mph 19mph
300m
300m 10mph 10mph 10mph 14mph 13mph 15mph
Valley
Valley 11mph 12mph 10mph 13mph 13mph 14mph

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
600m
600m 6 degrees Celsius 6 degrees Celsius 6 degrees Celsius 6 degrees Celsius 6 degrees Celsius 5 degrees Celsius
300m
300m 9 degrees Celsius 9 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius 7 degrees Celsius
Valley
Valley 10 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 9 degrees Celsius
Freezing Level Freezing Level
1800m
1900m
1900m
2000m
2100m
2000m

Additional weather information

Meteorologist's view

Once early morning cloud and mist clears a reasonable day to be out in the Dales.

Weather

Partly cloudy with patchy light rain around dawn, and with pockets of valley mist and fog possible under any clearer spells.. Cloud lifts and any mist or fog clears with more in the way of 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 90% by early afternoon

Low cloud and visibility

Periods of cloud, becoming more occasional through the morning, above about 400-600m and then lifting to around 750m through the afternoon. Away from cloud visibility good or very good falling briefly to moderate to poor in rain/fog.

Ground conditions

No recent ground conditions report available.

Summit specific forecast