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).
Lake District
Wednesday 1st December 2021
Last updated
Tue 30th Nov 21 at
4:43PM
Strong northwesterly winds will bring colder conditions to all areas once again with clusters of showers moving south across the country through the day, snow falling to lower slopes increasingly through the day but mainly higher slopes in Wales. Cloud frequently covering higher tops.
Much colder, clusters of snow showers for a time. Drier later in the day.
Northwesterly later northerly, 30 to 45mph, suddenly gusty in showers. Risk up to 50mph western tops early in morning.
Frequent considerable buffeting, at times arduous conditions; especially in the morning. Significant wind chill.
Snow/hail showers
Clusters of showers spreading down from the north later in the morning, may be frequent for periods. Rain below 300-400m. Sometimes hail. Tending to become drier later in the afternoon.
Fairly extensive for a few hours.
Cloud bases varied, changing quickly. Some breaks to tops, particularly in the afternoon, but for a few hours toward the middle of the day, expect cloud to become fairly extensive higher slopes.
50%
Bursts of sun. Visibility often very good, but reduced around showers, abruptly very poor.
-1 or -2C. Will feel closer to -15C in direct exposure to strongest winds.
700 to 800m, but tending to lower, by late afternoon onward close to freezing to lower slopes.
Lake District
Thursday 2nd December 2021
Last updated
Tue 30th Nov 21 at
4:43PM
Northerly 25 to 35mph, will ease and become northwesterly 10 to 20mph in the afternoon.
Be prepared for fairly arduous conditions for a few hours in the morning with significant wind chill, easing by afternoon.
Much of the day dry.
Much of the day dry. However, increasing risk into the evening of snow setting in from the west.
Very little until evening.
Fells expected to be widely clear through much of the day. However, in the evening as snow develops, hill fog will become widespread from lower slopes up.
90%
Extensive sunshine, but high cloud building from the west afternoon. Visibility excellent, later widely lowering from west in snow.
-2 or -3C
Terrain widely frozen after widespread frost at dawn.
Lake District
Friday 3rd December 2021
Last updated
Tue 30th Nov 21 at
4:43PM
Westerly 25mph at dawn, will ease to become 10 to 20mph.
Marked chill at dawn, but soon becoming small.
Early rain petering out
The legacy of a front, that will have given some transient snow overnight, will leave patches of drizzly rain for a time after dawn, but mostly petering out by midday.
Extensive, slowly lifting and breaking
Extensive low cloud much of the day, down to lowest slopes in morning, before tending to lift to higher slopes into the afternoon, but unlikely to clear tops.
20%
Generally overcast. Widely murky through morning, becoming good into afternoon.
Around 2C
Above the summits
North or northwesterly winds will dominate through the rest of the week - most mountains frequently sub-zero onward into the weekend, at times to lower slopes. Some variation of freezing level, mainly toward western coasts and brief tongues of less cold air may move across Wales, perhaps the south Pennines. Frequent precipitation, mostly snow on the mountains, sometimes heavy showers with hail. Winds varied, but often strong, gales or severe upland gales at times.