Mountain weather

Mountain weather

Yorkshire Dales

Confidence

High for generally cloudy with outbreaks of rain through the coming days, then a brighter day on Wednesday, but lower for extent of any drier and brighter spells on Monday.

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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

Bright start but cloud and rain spreading southeast. Freshening southwesterly winds.

Time
Time
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18:00
21:00
Weather
(at 600m)
Weather symbols Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Fog Fog Fog
Chance of
precipitation
(at 600m)
Chance of precipitation
10%
10%
10%
20%
50%
50%

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 15mph knots
SW
15mph
SW 18mph knots
SW
18mph
SW 20mph knots
SW
20mph
SW 21mph knots
SW
21mph
SW 20mph knots
SW
20mph
300m
300m SW 4mph knots
SW
4mph
SW 6mph knots
SW
6mph
SW 10mph knots
SW
10mph
SW 9mph knots
SW
9mph
SW 11mph knots
SW
11mph
SW 11mph knots
SW
11mph
Valley
Valley W 1mph knots
W
1mph
SW 2mph knots
SW
2mph
SW 6mph knots
SW
6mph
SW 6mph knots
SW
6mph
SW 8mph knots
SW
8mph
SW 10mph knots
SW
10mph

Wind gust

Altitude above mean sea level
Time
Time
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
600m
600m 21mph 21mph 24mph 27mph 28mph 28mph
300m
300m 14mph 14mph 18mph 20mph 23mph 24mph
Valley
Valley 14mph 11mph 14mph 18mph 20mph 22mph

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 6 degrees Celsius 7 degrees Celsius 8 degrees Celsius 9 degrees Celsius
300m
300m 4 degrees Celsius 9 degrees Celsius 10 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius
Valley
Valley 7 degrees Celsius 11 degrees Celsius 12 degrees Celsius 13 degrees Celsius 13 degrees Celsius 13 degrees Celsius
Freezing Level Freezing Level
2300m
2600m
2700m
2700m
2900m
2900m

Additional weather information

Meteorologist's view

Feeling rather chilly on the summits with freshening winds. Fog becoming extensive, making for challenging navigation, especially in the west.

Weather

A bright but chilly start with some early sunshine, especially across eastern hills, but also some valley fog slowly lifting. Cloud increasing with a little rain and drizzle likely in the west by early afternoon. The afternoon then looks cloudy with outbreaks of mainly light rain and drizzle, most persistent in the west with the best of any drier, brighter interludes across eastern hills.

Chance of cloud-free hill tops

Around 80% at first falling close to zero by early afternoon in west, although nearer 40% in the east.

Low cloud and visibility

Patches of cloud, mainly across western hills at first, above 600m. This becoming widespread above 450-600m, with patches below this, in the west. In the east cloud more broken above 550-700m. Away from cloud visibility good or very good initially, falling to poor in rain and drizzle and very poor in any early valley fog and in low cloud covering the hills.

Ground conditions

No recent ground conditions report available.

Summit specific forecast