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
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
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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Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
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
Saturday 4th May 2024
Last updated
Fri 3rd May 24 at
4:45PM
Summary for all mountain areas
A broad and very slack area of low pressure will edge north bringing extensive low cloud and areas of drizzle, with again bursts of heavy, perhaps locally thundery rain, developing into Scotland. Best breaks in cloud and sun in the northwest Highlands, and clearer, brighter conditions developing for southern Wales.
Headline for Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Extensive hill fog and murky conditions with patches of rain and drizzle. Gusty.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly, likely to vary, often 15 to 25mph, risk gusty 30mph high tops.
Effect of the wind on you?
Varied over the fells, risk blustery for periods over exposed higher terrain.
How Wet?
Drizzle, occasional bursts of rain
Drizzly in hill fog, plus bursts of rain almost anywhere on and off through the day.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive, widely to lowest slopes.
Blanket fog from many mid-slopes upward through the day, some varied banks at different heights for periods. Tending to rise slowly in afternoon, but unlikely to clear other than local breaks.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast. Hazy, and often murky, especially in and around rain.
How Cold? (at 700m)
6 to 9C.
And in the valleys
8C at dawn, rising to max 15C, but several degrees cooler if in rain.
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Sunday 5th May 2024
Last updated
Fri 3rd May 24 at
4:45PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 10 to 15mph in the morning, but tending to drop in the afternoon.
Effect of the wind on you?
Small
How Wet?
Pockets of drizzle or local showers.
Pockets of drizzle here and there, mostly morning. Then risk of local showers in the afternoon. May become completely dry from the south.
Cloud on the hills?
Risk extensive much of the day
Be prepared for extensive hill fog through the day. Lowest bases in the morning, but bases rising into the afternoon to higher slopes, may completely clear in the east.
Chance of cloud free summits?
40%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Little or no sun. Rather hazy, and for periods in the morning murky. May become good afternoon.
How Cold? (at 700m)
Around 7 or 8C, but 5C near west coast at first.
And in the valleys
Lifting to 15 to 17C
Viewing Forecast For
Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines
Monday 6th May 2024
Last updated
Fri 3rd May 24 at
4:45PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Winds remaining slack and variable, 5 to 10mph or a times calm. Scope however, for sudden gusts of 25mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Small, but scope for local sudden gusts of in and around any heavy, perhaps thundery, showers.
How Wet?
Showers breaking out, some heavy.
After a mostly dry morning, clouds will bubble up towards and into the afternoon with the risk of scattered showers, some heavy. Mostly dry near the west coast.
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, best afternoon coast. Visibility good or very good at times, but poor in any heavy showers.
How Cold? (at 700m)
8 or 9C
And in the valleys
15 to 17C
Planning Outlook
Slow-moving weather patterns continue through the Bank Holiday weekend as a weak zone of low pressure dominates over the British Isles. There will remain uncertainty of local day-to-day detail, but most likely the wind often light and temperatures generally mild, but less warm than midweek in western Scotland. Sunday into Monday, will see varied zones of heavy showers forming, local thunderstorms, but some places escaping often dry with the best sunny breaks for coastal areas as the convection builds inland. High pressure then tends to build from the west into midweek to bring a fair amount of dry weather, although rain bearing fronts may return to the northwest at times.