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.
Snow and hail showers
Periods of bright or sunny conditions mixed with showers or flurries of snow and hail. Visibility may change rapidly from excellent to very poor.
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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Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Snow and hail showers
Periods of bright or sunny conditions mixed with showers or flurries of snow and hail. Visibility may change rapidly from excellent to very poor.
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 27th March 2026
Last updated
Thu 26th Mar 26 at
3:10PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Wind strengthens across Scottish mountains to gale-force, significant chill factor. A dry morning central-eastern Highlands, but snow showers in the west develop widely and become heavier with hail. Early rain clears southeastward over England, cloud lifts and breaks; slower to improve southward across Wales.
Headline for Southern Uplands
Increasingly windy, near-gales later. Often dry, a few showers develop.
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 20-25mph; briefly over 30mph up to dawn Cheviots. Strengthening from west with time, into afternoon 30-35mph, soonest west and northern areas, late in day 40mph on high tops.
Effect of the wind on you?
Walking impeded in exposure, a deteriorating trend, becoming strenuous late in the day and increasingly considerable wind chill.
How Wet?
Afternoon showers, mostly west, snow tops
Overnight rain leaves some patchy rain around the Solway and Cheviots up to dawn, soon clearing. Dry for several hours, then showers begin affecting western areas, snow above 500m, well-scattered further east; later also hail.
Cloud on the hills?
Mostly clear, occasional banks on high terrain
At dawn, patchy cloud on some slopes, but mostly dispersing to leave the hills then largely clear. Banks grazing high terrain during afternoon showers; eastern hills often stay clear.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Rising to 80% east, 50% west
Sunshine and air clarity?
Mostly sunny early after high cloud clears southeast; then patchwork of cloud & sun. Very good visibility, but reduced briefly in showers, slight haze in west.
How Cold? (at 750m)
At dawn, 3C east, to 1C west. Soon 1 or 2C widely, then 0 or -1C later in day. Where exposed to wind, feeling like -5C, to -10C as speed increases afternoon.
Freezing Level
At dawn, around 800m in west, but elsewhere above the summits. Lowering to 700-800m widely from west afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Saturday 28th March 2026
Last updated
Thu 26th Mar 26 at
3:10PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 35 to 45mph, squally gusts. A brief lessening by evening, then increasing again overnight.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous walking over the hills, frequent buffeting affecting balance. Significant wind chill.
How Wet?
Hail and snow showers
Scattered showers, most common in Galloway in the morning, extending eastwards, mostly brief hail, snow falling in morning to some lower elevations, with time mostly rain below 600m.
Cloud on the hills?
Varied mostly over western tops
Patchy cloud capping higher slopes mostly toward the west in the morning, lifting increasingly above the tops by middle of the day.
Chance of cloud free summits?
40% rising to 80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patchwork of cloud and sun, best in east in morning. Visibility often very good, but reduced at times to briefly very poor in showers.
How Cold? (at 750m)
-1C rising to +1 or 2C afternoon. Wind chill feeling like -10 to -15C.
Freezing Level
600-700m in morning, plus frost in sheltered valleys around dawn, rising just above freezing to highest tops afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Sunday 29th March 2026
Last updated
Thu 26th Mar 26 at
3:10PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 50-65mph with stronger gusts dawn into morning, then westerly 40-50mph midday-afternoon, squally gusts.
Effect of the wind on you?
Severe conditions for a time, remaining difficult on high terrain, mobility challenging in exposure. Significant wind chill.
How Wet?
Heavy rain, then showery
A swathe of rain moving in from west from dawn, possible sleet or brief snow on tops. A more intense band moving southeastwards morning into middle of day. Then showery rain on and off.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive, then lifting with breaks
Covering the hills widely during rain, for several hours from 500-600m upward, lowest west of M74. Then rising in afternoon with breaks to tops.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Bursts of sun develop into afternoon. Visibility very poor in rain, then changing quickly in and out of showers, intermittently very good.
How Cold? (at 750m)
2 or 3C. Wind chill feeling like -12 to -15C.
Freezing Level
Rising from before dawn to be above freezing to the tops. May start to drop back toward highest summits late in day.
Planning Outlook
Changeable westerlies prevail onward into early next week, continuing gales over most high terrain. Below freezing on Scottish mountains above 700-800m into Monday with snow showers; higher freezing level further south, above the tops in Wales with mostly drizzly rain here. Milder air lifts above freezing to all tops into Tuesday with low cloud, drizzle and rain, most persistent west-northwest Scotland. Mixed conditions likely continue, but some windows of better weather mid-late in the week - temperatures vary above and just below freezing on Scottish tops. Potential for cold conditions again early April, but drier conditions possibly more common by then.