Southern Uplands
The Galloway hills eastward to the Lammermuir hills. The Cheviots (including higher hills within the adjacent Northumberland NP).
Monday'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.
Thunderstorm
Heavy or torrential downpours with hail, risk of thunder and lightning. Seek shelter where possible.
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.
Thunderstorm
Heavy or torrential downpours with hail, risk of thunder and lightning. Seek shelter where possible.
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
Southern Uplands
Monday 6th May 2024
Last updated
Sun 5th May 24 at
4:10PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Central, east and southern Scotland sees areas of rain from early in the day - these then redeveloping into local thundery downpours into afternoon. For England and Wales, scattered heavy and locally thundery showers also forming later. Winds fairly light overall. Varied cloud bases, limited sun.
Headline for Southern Uplands
Rain sometimes heavy, local thunderstorms afternoon.
How windy? (On the summits)
Variable or northeasterly, 5 to 15mph, occasionally 20mph Borders and Cheviots. Risk local sudden gusts of 25mph around heavy showers.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small but feeling cool if exposed to breeze, especially eastern areas.
How Wet?
Rain and drizzle, heavy bursts, local thunderstorms afternoon.
Areas of rain and drizzle from dawn into the morning, some heavy bursts locally, focused toward northeast, but drifting toward Dumfries & Galloway with increasing risk of heavy bursts and local thunderstorms forming afternoon.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive, slow lift in bases.
Extensive banks of low cloud, shrouding hills from lower slopes up in morning. Slow rise in bases, with the best breaks developing for coastal hills afternoon. Filling in and lowering where rain persists.
Chance of cloud free summits?
40%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Mostly overcast with rare glimpses of sun. Rather murky conditions, visibility may improve to become good at times, but poor in rain.
How Cold? (at 750m)
7 or 8C
Freezing Level
Above the summits
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Tuesday 7th May 2024
Last updated
Sun 5th May 24 at
4:10PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Variable 5-10mph or less. North to northeasterly 15mph on Cheviots for a time.
Effect of the wind on you?
Small
How Wet?
Drizzle fades, risk heavy showers later
Patchy drizzly rain in the morning, tending to fade out. One or two showers forming into the afternoon, risk locally heavy, chance an isolated thunderstorm in west.
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?
Mostly cloudy, glimpses of sun, best near coasts in afternoon. Misty in places early in the day, visibility becoming good.
How Cold? (at 750m)
6 to 9C.
Freezing Level
Above the summits
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Wednesday 8th May 2024
Last updated
Sun 5th May 24 at
4:10PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 15 to 20mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small
How Wet?
Rain unlikely
Cloud on the hills?
Clearing tops
Patchy cloud around some slopes, plus local mist some valleys at first. Lifting and breaking above higher tops.
Chance of cloud free summits?
80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patchwork of sun, some high cloud may build from west. Visibility very good.
How Cold? (at 750m)
5 to 8C.
Freezing Level
Above the summits
Planning Outlook
High pressure builds from the west to be centred over England and Wales into midweek. A fair amount of dry weather in the outlook which may well last through next weekend. Isolated afternoon showers some days. Some weak fronts drifting in from the Atlantic on southwesterly winds bring a risk of occasional rain to the West and Northwest Highlands, with mountains covered in cloud for periods here, especially near to coasts in west. Often dry with higher cloud bases toward the central and eastern Highlands. Briefly cooler in northern Scotland early in the week, but mostly fairly warm and winds often light.