Mountain weather

Mountain weather

Yorkshire Dales

Confidence

High confidence for a lot of dry weather as high pressure builds over the north of the United Kingdom. The main forecasting uncertainty is for the timing of cloud and patchy rain clearing today (Sunday).

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

Low cloud and patchy rain in the morning, drier but remaining mostly cloudy in the afternoon.

Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
Weather
(at 600m)
Weather symbols Fog Cloudy Fog Sunny intervals Partly cloudy (night) Clear night
Chance of
precipitation
(at 600m)
Chance of precipitation
40%
60%
60%
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 N 4mph knots
N
4mph
N 8mph knots
N
8mph
NE 12mph knots
NE
12mph
NE 11mph knots
NE
11mph
NE 10mph knots
NE
10mph
NE 9mph knots
NE
9mph
300m
300m NW 3mph knots
NW
3mph
N 6mph knots
N
6mph
NE 8mph knots
NE
8mph
NE 8mph knots
NE
8mph
NE 5mph knots
NE
5mph
N 5mph knots
N
5mph
Valley
Valley NE 1mph knots
NE
1mph
N 2mph knots
N
2mph
NE 4mph knots
NE
4mph
NE 7mph knots
NE
7mph
NE 5mph knots
NE
5mph
NE 4mph knots
NE
4mph

Wind gust

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
600m
600m 11mph 14mph 17mph 16mph 16mph 16mph
300m
300m 11mph 14mph 15mph 15mph 14mph 15mph
Valley
Valley 2mph 7mph 10mph 14mph 15mph 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 5 degrees Celsius 4 degrees Celsius 3 degrees Celsius 2 degrees Celsius 0 degrees Celsius
300m
300m 6 degrees Celsius 7 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius 5 degrees Celsius 3 degrees Celsius
Valley
Valley 7 degrees Celsius 9 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 6 degrees Celsius 4 degrees Celsius
Freezing Level Freezing Level
2500m
2100m
1800m
1600m
1400m
1100m

Additional weather information

Meteorologist's view

Navigation will be difficult on the hills for most of the morning due to low cloud, but conditions improving with very good views to be enjoyed later in the afternoon.

Weather

Cloudy with outbreaks of light rain or drizzle this morning. Becoming dry with sunny spells developing later in the afternoon. Dry, clear and cold in the evening.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

10% in the morning until the early afternoon, gradually becoming 70% over the course of the afternoon.

Low cloud and visibility

Extensive cloud and fog above 200m, reducing the visibility to poor or very poor. Cloud and fog will be slow to lift and break up during the afternoon but summits becoming cloud free with very good visibility later on.

Ground conditions

No recent ground conditions report available.

Summit specific forecast