Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
The entire Yorkshire Dales National Park and North Pennines AONB, including the Three Peaks and Cross Fell, plus Howgills, also south to Forest of Bowland.
Today's Forecast
Light wind, negligible impact
Little wind or walking hardly affected by the wind, but feeling chilly if exposed on tops. 10-15mph or less.
Drizzle
Light rain or drizzle, total amounts small, but may be persistently damp, especially where hills are shrouded in cloud.
Poor visibility
Very murky conditions, the mountains shrouded in fog, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
Mild
Air temperature above freezing to highest summits. May feel pleasantly warm on lower ground, but take appropriate layers. Feeling chilly if exposed to wind.
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Light wind, negligible impact
Little wind or walking hardly affected by the wind, but feeling chilly if exposed on tops. 10-15mph or less.
Drizzle
Light rain or drizzle, total amounts small, but may be persistently damp, especially where hills are shrouded in cloud.
Poor visibility
Very murky conditions, the mountains shrouded in fog, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
Mild
Air temperature above freezing to highest summits. May feel pleasantly warm on lower ground, but take appropriate layers. Feeling chilly if exposed to wind.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Sunday 5th May 2024
Last updated
Sat 4th May 24 at
4:00PM
Summary for all mountain areas
A slack weather pattern with light winds and fairly humid air. A lot of cloud around the mountains with patchy drizzle in the morning. Cloud lifting and breaking a little into the afternoon, but local thundery downpours will form, greatest risk for the Cairngorms area. Some rain moves into Wales from the south.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Light winds, varied cloud, lifting with time. Risk local showers.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 10 to 15mph, but tending to drop in the afternoon for Yorks Dales NP.
Effect of the wind on you?
Small
How Wet?
A little drizzle or local showers
Pockets of drizzle here and there, mostly morning. Then risk of local showers in the afternoon, mainly North Pennines.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive morning, tending to lift and break
Banks of cloud at various heights in morning, but covering most higher terrain, lowest toward west. Cloud bases rising into the afternoon to higher slopes with breaks forming, clearing best in the east.
Chance of cloud free summits?
50%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Little or no sun. Rather hazy, and for periods in the morning murky. Visibility improving into afternoon away from showers.
How Cold? (at 700m)
Around 7 or 8C.
And in the valleys
Lifting to 15 to 17C
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Monday 6th May 2024
Last updated
Sat 4th May 24 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Light and variable, 5 to 10mph or at times calm. Risk local sudden gusts of 25mph around heavy showers.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small
How Wet?
Thundery showers forming
After a mostly dry morning, clouds will bubble up towards and into the afternoon; slow-moving heavy showers forming, risk local thunderstorms later afternoon.
Cloud on the hills?
Banks of low cloud, lifting and breaking
Banks of low cloud at varying heights from dawn, some hills perhaps clear. Bases will tend to rise and break up with clearances, but reforming in showers.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Lifting to 60%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Cloudy periods, but also spells where the sun breaks through. Visibility good or very good at times, but poor in any heavy showers.
How Cold? (at 700m)
8 to 10C
And in the valleys
7C at dawn, rising to 15 to 17C
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Tuesday 7th May 2024
Last updated
Sat 4th May 24 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Variable or northerly 5-10mph or less. Possibly 15mph North Pennines for a time.
Effect of the wind on you?
Small
How Wet?
Risk heavy showers later
Local pockets of drizzle in the morning, fading out. One or two showers forming into the afternoon, risk locally heavy, chance an isolated thunderstorm.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting toward or above tops
Banks of cloud at various heights in the morning, patchy fog in some valleys. Will lift toward higher slopes with breaks to tops away from showers afternoon.
Chance of cloud free summits?
60%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Varied cloud and occasional sun. Visibility good.
How Cold? (at 700m)
7 to 9C.
And in the valleys
7C at dawn, rising to 15 to 17C.
Planning Outlook
Weather patterns remain slow-moving, but high pressure tends to build into midweek to bring a fair amount of dry weather which may well last through next weekend. Briefly cooler in northern Scotland early in the week, but mostly fairly warm and winds often light. Some rain-bearing fronts may return to northwestern Scotland at times. Occasional scattered showers in the afternoons elsewhere.