Southern Uplands
The Galloway hills eastward to the Lammermuir hills. The Cheviots (including higher hills within the adjacent Northumberland NP).
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
Southern Uplands
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 Southern Uplands
Light winds, varied cloud. Drizzle, risk local heavy showers.
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 10 to 15mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Small
How Wet?
Patchy rain or drizzle
Patches of rain or drizzle through the day on and off. Periods where dry, but staying cloudy. Risk of one or two heavier showers developing into afternoon, chance an isolated thunderstorm.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive, local breaks afternoon
Be prepared for extensive hill fog through the day. Lowest bases in the morning, but bases rising into the afternoon to higher slopes, some hills may clear. Ragged patches returning around heavy showers.
Chance of cloud free summits?
40%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Little or no sun. Hazy, and for periods in the morning murky.
How Cold? (at 750m)
Around 7 or 8C, but 5C near Solway at first.
Freezing Level
Above the summits
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
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?
Patchy rain, then thundery showers.
Patches of rain here and there in morning, but some areas dry. Then local slow-moving heavy downpours forming, scattered thunderstorms into the 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.
Chance of cloud free summits?
40%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Mostly overcast with rare glimpses of sun. Rather murky conditions, may improve to become good at times, away from rain when visibility will be poor.
How Cold? (at 750m)
7 or 8C
Freezing Level
Above the summits
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Tuesday 7th May 2024
Last updated
Sat 4th May 24 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Variable 5-10mph or less. Possibly northerly 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.
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
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.