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
Monday 20th September 2021
Last updated
Sun 19th Sep 21 at
3:49PM
Low cloud and generally damp conditions will affect western Scotland. Total rainfall small, although some steadier rain will develop as a front moves in. SW'ly winds strongest in the far north. Elsewhere a fine day with broken cloud and sun, some early fog patches.
Dry, hills generally clear, sunshine.
West or northwesterly 10mph, increasing a little in afternoon to 15mph, later 20mph by dusk.
Small, although breezier later.
No rain
Little if any
Most cloud confined above higher tops. Some early fog banks in valleys.
90%
Sunshine and a little fair-weather cloud forming. Excellent visibility, some early low level mist.
8 to 10C
Above the summits.
Lake District
Tuesday 21st September 2021
Last updated
Sun 19th Sep 21 at
3:49PM
West becoming southwesterly, strengthening through day 15 to 30mph, perhaps 35mph high tops by dusk.
Starting fairly small, but will increasingly impede comfortable walking, later considerable buffeting on tops.
Very little or no rain
Chance of spots in the wind, mostly only fells facing the Irish Sea.
Occasional low cloud
Varied low cloud banks drifting in from the Irish Sea may cover west & southern fells from time to time, to low levels near coast. Good breaks are likely, although toward dusk, a greater risk of cloud filling in.
60%
Sunshine and thin high level cloud, sometimes cloud may thicken. Visibility good, but a slight haze.
9C if in cloud, up to 12C eastern fells.
Above the summits
Lake District
Wednesday 22nd September 2021
Last updated
Sun 19th Sep 21 at
3:49PM
Southwesterly, 40mph to perhaps 50 gusts 60mph for a time in the morning; then typically 25 to 35mph.
Expect arduous walking conditions on the fells throughout the day, sometimes difficult on tops. Notable wind chill.
Rain for several hours
Uncertain timing of a front moving southward: A few hours of rain likely to set in, heaviest on west and southwestern fells. May be patchy at first, and then breaking up later in the day.
Cloud blanketing fells most or all day
Shrouding the fells extensively during rain, to lower slopes in west & south. Even ahead of rain, cloud likely to cover these areas, but some breaks for a time toward north/east Lakes. Cloud bases may begin to rise later in day in north.
10% west & south; 30% north/east.
Mostly cloudy, misty and dull as rain sets in, but for a time visibility may be good. Perhaps improving later.
8 to 10C, but tending to lower through day, perhaps 6C before evening.
Above the summits
High pressure will drift southwards and southwesterly winds will strengthen across Britain in the first half of the week, soonest across Scotland. Staying windy through into next weekend, gales or sometimes severe gales on higher mountains, particularly Scotland. Rain will become frequent in western Scotland as fronts come in from the Atlantic. Spells of rain elsewhere - less wet for Wales and southern Pennines, although a risk of heavier rain moving further south by the weekend. Temperatures will vary through the next 10 days, sometimes fairly warm and humid, but chiller air spreading from the northwest at times - Scottish high tops occasionally near freezing point.