Southern Uplands
The Galloway hills eastward to the Lammermuir hills. The Cheviots (including higher hills within the adjacent Northumberland NP).
Saturday's Forecast
Moderate breeze, locally gusty
A noticeable breeze, feeling cool where exposed on tops. Locally may be gusty, but unlikely to affect walking progress. 15-25mph.
Snow flurries
Occasional light snow flurries, sleet or rain lower elevations. Amounts little more than nuisance value, but locally more persistent and reducing visibility for periods.
Cold
Air temperature below 0C all day on higher mountains. Significant chill factor if exposed to strong winds. Suitable protective clothing required.
Terrain widely frozen
All ground frozen from lower elevations upward, with hard frost or snow cover. Beware of icy surfaces on lower and higher terrain. Appropriate footwear needed, crampons may be necessary.
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Moderate breeze, locally gusty
A noticeable breeze, feeling cool where exposed on tops. Locally may be gusty, but unlikely to affect walking progress. 15-25mph.
Snow flurries
Occasional light snow flurries, sleet or rain lower elevations. Amounts little more than nuisance value, but locally more persistent and reducing visibility for periods.
Cold
Air temperature below 0C all day on higher mountains. Significant chill factor if exposed to strong winds. Suitable protective clothing required.
Terrain widely frozen
All ground frozen from lower elevations upward, with hard frost or snow cover. Beware of icy surfaces on lower and higher terrain. Appropriate footwear needed, crampons may be necessary.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Saturday 10th January 2026
Last updated
Fri 9th Jan 26 at
4:05PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Most terrain frozen, snow cover over many hills, beware icy surfaces even lower down. Wind fairly light, but feeling blustery at times over Scottish mountains and later northern England. Some snow showers and flurries, mostly toward the west. Varied patchy cloud around hills, sunnier Pennines & NE Scotland.
Headline for Southern Uplands
Wind increases, local snow showers western hills.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southerly 10 to 15mph, increasing soonest in Dumfries and Galloway to 20-25mph, more widely during afternoon, later west-southwesterly. Strengthening onward into the night to gales 45-60mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small in morning, but becoming more blustery with marked wind chill on hills. Deteriorating significantly into night.
How Wet?
Local snow flurries west
Occasional showers Dumfries and Galloway, snow flurries on hills, mostly rain below 500m. Largely dry eastern areas.
Cloud on the hills?
Patches forming mostly in showers
Patches or fragments of cloud around some slopes and tops, may come and go, but filling more widely above 600-700m in west where showers occur. Some mist possible into valleys in morning.
Chance of cloud free summits?
60%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Occasional sun, mostly in east. Visibility very good, but reduced to locally poor if in snow showers in west.
How Cold? (at 750m)
-1 or -2C. Feeling like -8C if exposed to wind.
Freezing Level
Much terrain frozen into valleys inland; some slopes to 400-500m just above freezing, 600m near coasts in SW.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Sunday 11th January 2026
Last updated
Fri 9th Jan 26 at
4:05PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southerly, in range 40 to 60mph, peak speeds likely to vary during day.
Effect of the wind on you?
Challenging conditions with frequent buffeting and powerful gusts to some lower slopes, significant wind chill.
How Wet?
Snow turning to heavy rain, soon west
Snow developing before dawn from the southwest, heavy over many hills, but soon sleet or rain in west to mid-upper slopes, possibly freezing rain for a time. Increasingly turning to rain to higher elevations, often heavy in west.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive
Shrouding the hills widely all day, to lower slopes near the Solway, highest bases toward the Pentlands, above tops for periods.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast and mostly dull. Visibility generally very poor, appalling for a time if in snow on hills.
How Cold? (at 750m)
-1C at first, rising toward +3 to 5C, small variation of temperature with height. Wind chill feeling like -12 to -15C.
Freezing Level
300 to 500m at dawn inland and east, partly frozen into inland valleys; rising rapidly above freezing to highest tops.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Monday 12th January 2026
Last updated
Fri 9th Jan 26 at
4:05PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 45 to 60mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Challenging conditions, arduous walking over the hills, buffeting gusts to some lower slopes. Considerable wind chill.
How Wet?
Frequent or persistent rain
Rain on and off all day, occasionally heavier, most persistent Dumfries & Galloway. Smaller amounts Borders to Lothians. Very wet underfoot following previous rain.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive over tops
Often covering hills above 600-700m, at times 500m near to Solway. Higher breaks more common further north/eastward.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Glimpses of sun mostly Borders to Lothians. Slight haze, visibility reduced to poor in rain.
How Cold? (at 750m)
3 or 4C. Wind chill feeling around -10C where directly exposed on tops.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Planning Outlook
Thawing develops during Sunday, snow turning to rain, rising just above freezing toward highest tops in Scotland, whilst in England and Wales a more rapid and substantial thaw - beware unstable snowpack conditions, then becoming very wet underfoot where melting occurs. A complex and unsettled outlook next week, generally less cold than recently, but still often below freezing over Scottish mountains above 800-1000m, and at least intermittently below freezing over tops in England and Wales. A mix of snow and rain will fall, often snow on Scottish tops with fresh accumulations. Some showery days with hail. Wind will vary in speed and direction day-to-day, some lulls, but risk gales at times on hills.