Mountain weather

Mountain weather

Yorkshire Dales

Confidence

High for generally damp and cloudy conditions for the start of the week, but low confidence still for the extent and timings of rain and stronger winds on 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 for much of Monday, with patchy rain through the afternoon and evening.

Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
Weather
(at 600m)
Weather symbols Cloudy Partly cloudy (night) Sunny intervals Cloudy Dull Light rain
Chance of
precipitation
(at 600m)
Chance of precipitation
<5%
<5%
<5%
<5%
<5%
<5%

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 13mph knots
SW
13mph
SW 17mph knots
SW
17mph
SW 17mph knots
SW
17mph
SW 15mph knots
SW
15mph
SW 13mph knots
SW
13mph
W 12mph knots
W
12mph
300m
300m SW 4mph knots
SW
4mph
SW 8mph knots
SW
8mph
SW 10mph knots
SW
10mph
SW 8mph knots
SW
8mph
SW 7mph knots
SW
7mph
W 7mph knots
W
7mph
Valley
Valley SW 2mph knots
SW
2mph
SW 4mph knots
SW
4mph
SW 6mph knots
SW
6mph
SW 7mph knots
SW
7mph
SW 4mph knots
SW
4mph
SW 3mph knots
SW
3mph

Wind gust

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
600m
600m 21mph 22mph 22mph 22mph 19mph 19mph
300m
300m 15mph 16mph 18mph 17mph 14mph 15mph
Valley
Valley 13mph 10mph 13mph 14mph 11mph 9mph

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
600m
600m 7 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius
300m
300m 10 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius 13 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius
Valley
Valley 12 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius 14 degrees Celsius 15 degrees Celsius 16 degrees Celsius
Freezing Level Freezing Level
3700m
3700m
3700m
3700m
3300m
3000m

Additional weather information

Meteorologist's view

Fair conditions for much of the morning, but then a deterioration during the afternoon will lead to some challenging conditions, especially across higher routes in hill fog.

Weather

Cloudy for much of the day, with the best of any bright spells likely early on. Mostly dry through the morning, but cloud thickening up and lowering from the west through the afternoon, bringing more occasional rain and drizzle to western slopes.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

80% early morning, lowering to 30% by the late afternoon.

Low cloud and visibility

Cloud initially above summits, with only some scraps of hill fog possible over the highest peaks first thing. Cloud bases then lowering by the afternoon to around 400-600m. Visibility generally good through the morning, but becoming poor or very poor by the mid to late afternoon.

Ground conditions

No recent ground conditions report available.

Summit specific forecast