The southernmost Pennines, covering the entire Peak District National Park, also extending north to hills accessed from Hebden Bridge, and including the hills immediately north of Manchester.
Peak District
Wednesday 3rd March 2021
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Tuesday 2nd March 2021 at
3:50 PM
Most mountains remain clear and sunny above an inversion, whilst low level cloud or fog will thin only slowly in some areas, focused toward the east, leaving low level haze. Very little wind overall. In south Wales, risk localised bursts of rain occurring.
Little wind. Fog and low cloud tending to break; hazy.
Direction varying, little wind; mostly 5mph or less. May become southerly 10mph.
Negligible.
Rain unlikely
Chance of local spots of rain moving from the south if cloud builds.
Widely foggy morning, gradually thinning
Fairly extensive banks of low cloud and fog from some valleys upwards in the morning. Will gradually thin and break, soonest in western areas. By afternoon, fog gradually clearing most areas whilst lingering locally on some slopes, mainly in east.
30% rising to 70%
Patches of sunshine breaking through fog in some areas. Visibility suppressed in cloud and low level murk, tending to improve but staying hazy.
6C. Then dropping below 0C from northeast overnight.
Close to 0C at dawn in the valleys, then lifting to 8 to 10C; suppressed where fog lingers.
Peak District
Thursday 4th March 2021
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Northeasterly 15 to 25mph.
Fairly small effect on walking, but may become increasingly blustery, with marked wind chill developing on higher terrain.
Local showers may develop
Increasing risk of a few showers spreading in from the northeast, turning to snow flurries on higher slopes above 400-500m later in the day.
Covering higher tops for periods
May vary: from dawn, banks of cloud at various levels over the hills, with some breaks mostly toward west. Through the day, cloud covering higher slopes at times, mostly above 600m. At times may clear, particularly western areas.
50%
Patches of sun, best toward west. Visibility very good.
1C, but likely falling to -1C from east through daytime.
Slight frost possible at dawn. Max 7C; soon falling to freezing point into evening.
Peak District
Friday 5th March 2021
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Tuesday 2nd March 2021 at
3:50 PM
Easterly 15 to 20mph, but may drop out through the day.
Fairly small, but a distinct chill in exposure for at least part of the day.
Precipitation unlikely
Small chance of an isolated brief shower or snow flurry moving onto eastern moors.
Little if any
Most cloud above the hills. Briefly patches may cap highest terrain in morning.
80%
Patchwork of sun, most frequent sun toward west. Excellent visibility.
-3C, rising slowly to -1C.
Frost into most valleys at dawn; rising to 6 to 8C by afternoon, highest in west.
High pressure will dominate through to the weekend and substantially dry conditions prevail. Much colder air arrives from the north for a few days - dropping several degrees below freezing on higher mountains. Also notably harder frosts in most glens and valleys late this week. Gradual changes are likely over the weekend, becoming generally unsettled next week as westerly winds return, with precipitation then becoming frequent again. Temperatures are likely to vary next week, but perhaps often chilly with some upland snowfalls likely; periods of gales returning.