Southern Uplands
The Galloway hills eastward to the Lammermuir hills. The Cheviots (including higher hills within the adjacent Northumberland NP).
Friday's Forecast
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Patchy rain or drizzle
Rain on and off, or generally drizzly - total amounts small, but may be persistently damp, especially where hills are shrouded in cloud.
Cool to mild
Air temperature 5 to 10C on higher terrain. Comfortable temperatures on lower terrain, but feeling chilly if exposed to wind higher up, especially if stationary. Pack extra layers.
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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.
Patchy rain or drizzle
Rain on and off, or generally drizzly - total amounts small, but may be persistently damp, especially where hills are shrouded in cloud.
Cool to mild
Air temperature 5 to 10C on higher terrain. Comfortable temperatures on lower terrain, but feeling chilly if exposed to wind higher up, especially if stationary. Pack extra layers.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Friday 22nd May 2026
Last updated
Thu 21st May 26 at
4:04PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Scotland; Strong, gusty south-westerly with extensive low cloud and patchy rain and drizzle. Tending to ease off for many hills, with rising cloud bases. England and Wales: South-west winds, but mostly dry with warm sunshine, some cloud banks, mostly coastal hills.
Headline for Southern Uplands
Blustery southwest winds. Hill fog focused in west. Mostly clearing elsewhere.
How windy? (On the summits)
South-southwesterly 30-35mph, strongest west, gusting 40mph, downslope too. Easing to 20-30mph, strongest east.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous walking, particularly west; buffeting gusts challenge stability, lower terrain too, feeling chilly. Easing slightly.
How Wet?
A few drizzly showers in west.
Some spots of rain or drizzle affecting hills in Dumfries and Galloway, but most hills stay dry all day.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting to tops, but banks persisting west.
Variable banks of cloud in the morning across most heights, low and extensive west of Moffat. Bases lift, likely to or above tops east of M74 and breaking here. Cloud lingers in the west, slow to clear above 700m, and less broken.
Chance of cloud free summits?
70% east, 40% west
Sunshine and air clarity?
Often cloudy, some glimpses of sun breaking out, best east. Very good visibility where cloud clears.
How Cold? (at 750m)
10 to 12C, rising up to 14C towards the Cheviot. Little change around Merrick. Feeling near freezing in early wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Saturday 23rd May 2026
Last updated
Thu 21st May 26 at
4:04PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 20-25mph, gusts at times approaching 30mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
May be fairly small but gusts often a nuisance, or occasionally impeding walking.
How Wet?
Substantially dry
Some fine drizzle early in cloud from summits around M74 westward. This will fade for a dry day.
Cloud on the hills?
Improving, only slowly southwest
Extensive M74 and west, to 200-300m. Variable banks north and eastward, most broken Lothians. Bases rise, mostly above 800m by afternoon, well-broken north and east. Merrick may struggle to clear until later.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Rising to 70%; 40% Merrick
Sunshine and air clarity?
Mostly sunny, though weakened by high cloud. Excellent visibility.
How Cold? (at 750m)
8C rising to 11 or 12C, or warmer Cheviots.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Sunday 24th May 2026
Last updated
Thu 21st May 26 at
4:04PM
How windy? (On the summits)
South to south-westerly 10 to 20mph, perhaps reaching 25 to 30mph some cols and summits at times.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small, but blustery through some cols and over summits at times.
How Wet?
No rain expected
Cloud on the hills?
Mostly very little
Aside from some patches of banks across western higher slopes in the morning, hills are expected to be clear.
Chance of cloud free summits?
80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sunshine, at times hazy due to upper level cloud. Visibility very good or excellent.
How Cold? (at 750m)
Lifting to 14C, warm
Freezing Level
Well above the summits
Planning Outlook
Pressure builds this weekend, centred over England and Wales where it will be warm and sunny. To the north of the high, a blustery and gusty south-westerly will persist across the Highlands with patchy rain and hill fog,mainly in the west and northwest. Very warm by Sunday and Monday valleys of Wales and England, mid to high 20s. Low 20s glens into southern and eastern Scotland. Next week, high pressure extends over Scotland, cutting of the low cloud and drizzle from northwest Scotland by midweek. Warm sunshine with light winds, still very warm into the valleys of England and Wales, although cooling down later in the week when a gusty easterly may develop for Wales and Pennines.