Mountain weather

Mountain weather

Yorkshire Dales

Confidence

High with regards to general unsettled outlook but moderate with regards to cloud and timings of rain through Tuesday and Wednesday.

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 and damp to start but improving later, particularly in the east.

Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
Weather
(at 600m)
Weather symbols Fog Fog Dull Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy
Chance of
precipitation
(at 600m)
Chance of precipitation
30%
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
600m
600m W 9mph knots
W
9mph
W 9mph knots
W
9mph
SW 9mph knots
SW
9mph
SW 9mph knots
SW
9mph
SW 7mph knots
SW
7mph
SW 7mph knots
SW
7mph
300m
300m W 3mph knots
W
3mph
W 4mph knots
W
4mph
SW 5mph knots
SW
5mph
SW 6mph knots
SW
6mph
SW 2mph knots
SW
2mph
SW 1mph knots
SW
1mph
Valley
Valley SW 3mph knots
SW
3mph
SW 4mph knots
SW
4mph
SW 5mph knots
SW
5mph
SW 4mph knots
SW
4mph
SW 1mph knots
SW
1mph
S 1mph knots
S
1mph

Wind gust

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
600m
600m 12mph 11mph 12mph 12mph 9mph 9mph
300m
300m 10mph 8mph 9mph 10mph 7mph 6mph
Valley
Valley 10mph 8mph 9mph 9mph 5mph 5mph

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
600m
600m 11 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius 13 degrees Celsius 13 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius
300m
300m 14 degrees Celsius 15 degrees Celsius 16 degrees Celsius 16 degrees Celsius 15 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius
Valley
Valley 15 degrees Celsius 16 degrees Celsius 17 degrees Celsius 17 degrees Celsius 17 degrees Celsius 15 degrees Celsius
Freezing Level Freezing Level
2600m
2500m
2600m
2600m
2500m
2500m

Additional weather information

Meteorologist's view

After a poor start with tricky navigation conditions likely across the park, a reasonable afternoon develops with poorest conditions restricted to the northwest.

Weather

A cloudy start, with low cloud largely confined to western upslopes, where patchy drizzle and hill fog are likely. Cloud slowly lifting and breaking in places giving some sunny spells through the afternoon but remaining across the highest ground in the northwest. Rain will remain light and patchy with the driest conditions in the southeast. Light winds across the park.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

10% becoming 40% in the west, and 80% in the east.

Low cloud and visibility

Extensive low cloud with bases around 300m initially, leading to poor or very poor visibilities into the morning. Cloud lifting clear of all but the highest summits away from the northwest of the Dales through the afternoon with visibilities becoming moderate to good.

Ground conditions

No recent ground conditions report available.

Summit specific forecast