Lake District Forecast
Viewing Weather Forecast for Saturday 20th April 2019
The entire Lake District National Park, taking in all major summits, including Scafell, Helvellyn, Skiddaw, the Langdales and Old Man of Coniston. Also includes the Howgill Fells east of Kendal (the NW extension of Yorks Dales).
Forecast last updated on Saturday 20th April 2019 at 12:51pm
Summary for all mountain areas
Another fine and dry day across many areas with extensive haze sunshine through a canopy of high level cloud. However, a front will introduce fresher, cloudier conditions with some drizzly rain to the W/NW Highlands with very low cloud increasingly enveloping western hills. Risk of drizzly rain more widely later.
Headline for Lake District
Fine and warm with light winds and extensive sunshine. Hazy.
How windy? (On the summits)
Direction varying 5-10mph.
Effect of wind on you?
Negligible.
How Wet? (Precipitation and its impact)
No rain
Cloud on the hills?
Very little if any
A few patches may shroud higher tops around dawn. Otherwise clear.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Almost certain.
Sunshine?
Air clarity (below cloud)
Extensive sunshine through high level cloud. Marked haze.
How Cold? (at 750m)
12C
Freezing Level
Above the summits. Local slight frost some valleys at dawn.
Planning Outlook
All mountain areas of Britain from Sunday 21st April 2019
SE winds return for the start of next week bringing largely dry, warm and fairly sunny conditions to many once again; most widely in the northwest where it will become very warm in the glens/valleys. However, increasingly through the week the atmosphere will become more unstable bringing an increasing risk of heavy showers. Initially these will be mainly confined to Wales, but from midweek increasingly these heavy, locally thundery, showers will spread north N England and Scotland introducing fresher conditions. By next weekend, a cooler, cyclonic southwesterly pattern is likely to become established. The ground remains very dry underfoot - beware of grass fires.
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