The Galloway hills eastward to the Lammermuir hills. The Cheviots (including higher hills within the adjacent Northumberland NP).
Southern Uplands
Friday 14th November 2025
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Thu 13th Nov 25 at
3:00PM
Cold across Scotland and northern England, below freezing on Scottish mountains all day. Snow flurries toward north/east Highlands. Significant chill factor from strengthening easterly winds, gale-force all day southern Scotland and northern England. Severe gales and incessant heavy rain Wales and Peak District.
Gales, local severe gusts. Showers or flurries mostly east.
Easterly, strengthening 30 to 45mph, later in day 50mph higher areas, powerful gusts downslope west of high tops.
Increasingly difficult walking conditions over the hills, gusts knocking you off balance. Significant wind chill.
Snow flurries eastern tops
Light showery rain on and off Lothians to Borders and Cheviots, falling as snow flurries above 500-600m. Largely dry west of the M74. Wet underfoot, some flooding after previous rain, a dusting of snow possible on highest summits.
Mostly eastern hills
Covering eastern hills fairly persistently above 600m, locally lower in showers. Further west, cloud base higher and more broken above 700m.
30% east, 60% west.
Some weak sun mostly west, but a thick veil of high cloud likely. Visibility very good where dry, locally hazier toward east coast.
Around 0C. Wind chill feeling like -10 to -15C.
700 to 800m.
Southern Uplands
Saturday 15th November 2025
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Thu 13th Nov 25 at
3:00PM
Easterly 50mph from dawn, powerful gusts downslope to west. Slowly decreasing, to 30mph afternoon, less from dusk.
Difficult walking, turbulent gusts on some slopes particularly in morning, lessening, but remaining blustery afternoon.
Largely dry, risk showers east
Dry overall near and west of M74. Local light showery rain eastern hills occasionally, snow flurries higher tops above 700m.
Capping eastern tops, little west
Banks of cloud mostly over higher slopes in Borders and Cheviots above 600-700m. More broken cloud westwards, hills west of the M74 substantially clear all day.
40% east, to 80% west.
Weak sun with layers of high cloud toward the south. Cloudier Borders. Visibility very good, some haze east.
0 or +1C. Wind chill feeling like -15C in morning, -10C afternoon.
800m, tending to rise slightly.
Southern Uplands
Sunday 16th November 2025
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Thu 13th Nov 25 at
3:00PM
Northeasterly turning northerly, 15 to 20mph.
Mostly small, but feeling noticeably chilly on exposed higher terrain.
Generally dry
One or two brief showers mostly near east coastal hills.
Mostly little, patches east
Some patchy cloud likely to come and go over higher slopes in the east, mostly above 700-800m around The Cheviot. Further west, rare fragments grazing tops.
60% east, to 80% west.
Sunshine most common toward west, often cloudier east; may become sunnier. Visibility excellent.
1C. Feeling like -5C in exposure to wind.
Frost in sheltered valleys from dawn. Staying near to freezing on highest summits above 800m all day.
Colder air extends to all areas, staying below freezing over higher mountains most likely throughout the next week to 10 days. In the short-term, for Wales and south Pennines expect ongoing flooding from high rainfall on Friday, the rain eases into Saturday here. A lot of dry weather for Scotland this weekend, but some snow flurries move in from the north on Sunday. Areas of showery snow over the hills into next week coming in on often strong northerly winds, gale force into midweek. Snow most frequent toward north of the Highlands with some locally more substantial accumulations over higher terrain; some accumulating upland snow possible more widely during Tuesday as a front drifts southward.