Southern Uplands
The Galloway hills eastward to the Lammermuir hills. The Cheviots (including higher hills within the adjacent Northumberland NP).
Friday's Forecast
Gale force, walking arduous
Considerable buffeting, walking into the wind will be strenuous on exposed terrain, stronger gusts may knock you off your feet. 40 to 55mph.
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.
Chilly
Air temperature typically 0 to 5C on higher summits. Feeling distinctly chilly on tops when stationary or where exposed to wind. Take appropriate layers.
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Gale force, walking arduous
Considerable buffeting, walking into the wind will be strenuous on exposed terrain, stronger gusts may knock you off your feet. 40 to 55mph.
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.
Chilly
Air temperature typically 0 to 5C on higher summits. Feeling distinctly chilly on tops when stationary or where exposed to wind. Take appropriate layers.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Friday 5th December 2025
Last updated
Thu 4th Dec 25 at
3:25PM
Summary for all mountain areas
South-southeasterly winds strengthen, reaching gale-force afternoon many areas, sooner Wales, here becoming severe. Some rain / hill snow NE Scotland fades, patchy rain west coasts, otherwise dry, then rain sweeps in from southwest later, snow inland mountains into evening. Best cloud breaks NW Scotland.
Headline for Southern Uplands
Wind increasing, gales later. A little rain west, sets in later.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southerly a relative lull around dawn, but becoming 25-30mph morning, trending southeasterly and rising to 40-50mph west, further deteriorating after dark, widely 50-60mph. Then starting to drop further into night.
Effect of the wind on you?
Comfortable walking becoming affecting during morning, increasingly strenuous in west into afternoon with buffeting gusts in exposure, deteriorating widely after dark. Significant wind chill developing.
How Wet?
Patchy rain, heavy rain later, during afternoon west
Patchy morning rain, mostly in the west near Solway, isolated patches drift east, sleet higher tops inland. Rain arrives from the southwest afternoon, spreading widely and persistently into night with heavy falls.
Cloud on the hills?
Variable, often capping high tops
High tops likely remain capped in cloud with banks often lowering across high slopes, or middle slopes in rain. May be more sheet-like for a time in the east. Cloud isolates to higher terrain for a few hours before arriving more widely from the west later.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
A bright sunrise north Borders/Lothians, soon overcast, high cloud thickening to cover the sky. Very good visibility, reducing as rain arrives.
How Cold? (at 750m)
1C, rising a degree afternoon and continuing to rise overnight. Feeling like -10C in the wind, colder as speeds increase up to dusk.
Freezing Level
Variable between 600-800m. Rapidly rising after nightfall.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Saturday 6th December 2025
Last updated
Thu 4th Dec 25 at
3:25PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Variable south to southeast 10 to 20mph, may turn southwesterly and increase a little near the Solway.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small
How Wet?
Rain and drizzle
Generally damp all day where in cloud, periods of rain likely on and off at least. Some showery rain possible near Solway Firth.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive low cloud
Likely to blanket the hills all day, fairly extensive from mid-slopes upward, some varied banks of cloud to lower slopes. Some breaks may emerge toward the north.
Chance of cloud free summits?
10%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sun unlikely, generally misty and dull. Local improvements may develop.
How Cold? (at 750m)
4C. Feeling sub-zero if exposed to stronger winds on hills.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Sunday 7th December 2025
Last updated
Thu 4th Dec 25 at
3:25PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Very uncertain speeds: South turning southwesterly, 20 to 30mph, but risk increasing to 40mph+.
Effect of the wind on you?
Expect blustery conditions, beware potential for more arduous conditions for much of the day.
How Wet?
Rain may set in west
Rain mostly western areas, risk setting in for steady or heavy rain for a few hours. Chance of only small patchy amounts.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive
Shrouding the hills widely, with banks of cloud from low to mid elevations upward, some breaks toward Lothians.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Generally cloudy and misty, poor visibility likely most hills, locally better toward the north.
How Cold? (at 750m)
4 or 5C, fairly small variation with height. Feeling like -5C or possibly colder if exposed to stronger wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Planning Outlook
Generally unsettled through the weekend and into next week with areas of low pressure circulating near to the British Isles. Day-to-day detail will be uncertain even in short-range as complex systems move around slowly - a series of frontal systems bringing spells of rain and some high-level snow, mixed with showers with hail mostly near western coasts. Temperatures often on the milder side compared to recently, with typically only higher tops in the Highlands intermittently just below freezing point, expect periods of thawing up to these tops. Wind speeds will also vary, often south to southwesterlies, at times reaching gale force on tops, but intermittent lulls.