Peak District Forecast
Viewing Weather Forecast for Monday 20th January 2020
The southernmost Pennines, covering the entire Peak District National Park, also extending north to hills accessed from Hebden Bridge, and including the hills immediately north of Manchester.
Forecast last updated on Sunday 19th January 2020 at 4:42pm
Summary for all mountain areas
High pressure will bring another settled day across England and Wales with fairly sunny skies. However, some banks of valleys fog and across the Lakes banks of low cloud. Across Scotland, extensive low cloud in the west, but some tops poking above cloud. Windy, upland gales in the north.
Headline for Peak District
Frosty start. Then fine and mostly clear, but some valley fog patches.
How windy? (On the summits)
Northwesterly 15-20mph, perhaps locally 25mph.
Effect of wind on you?
Mostly small
How Wet? (Precipitation and its impact)
No precipitation
Cloud on the hills?
Very little
Patches of fog in some valleys, may persist all day. Otherwise, hills clear.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Greater than 90%
Sunshine?
Air clarity (below cloud)
Extensive sunshine. Visibility excellent or superb, but locally suppressed in valley fog.
Temperature (at 600m)
3 to 5C
And in the valleys
Frost extensive valleys morning. The temperature will rise to around 5C early afternoon.
Planning Outlook
All mountain areas of Britain from Tuesday 21st January 2020
High pressure will dominate through much of the week, bringing a much drier week, especially across England and Wales. A weakening front will move south on Tuesday bringing some drizzle, most extensive W Scotland, and more especially low cloud to many hills. Although some tops will poke above the cloud. Areas of low cloud from Wednesday onwards with further drizzle in the northwest. Again inversion conditions present with some tops above the cloud. Freezing level often above the tops with considerable snow loss overall. Although a temporary lowering of freezing level on Tuesday N Scotland. Blustery through week across the Highlands, occasional gales in north.
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