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Southern Uplands Forecast

Southern Uplands

The Galloway hills eastward to the Lammermuir hills. The Cheviots (including higher hills within the adjacent Northumberland NP).

Thursday's Forecast

Light wind, negligible impact
Dry and sunny
Warm
Strong warm sunshine

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Viewing Forecast For

Southern Uplands
Thursday 19th June 2025
Last updated Wed 18th Jun 25 at 4:00PM

Summary for all mountain areas

Low cloud over western Scotland covering hills in the morning particularly near coast, breaking up from the south to become increasingly sunny across the Highlands. Light southerly winds. Very warm with strong sunshine for England and Wales, warmer air extending into Scotland during the day.

Headline for Southern Uplands

Strong sunshine, increasingly warm. Light winds.

How windy? (On the summits)

South to southwesterly, 10mph or less.

Effect of the wind on you?

Negligible

How Wet?

No rain expected

Cloud on the hills?

Not expected

Chance of cloud free summits?

Above 90%

Sunshine and air clarity?

Mostly sunny, some early high cloud. Visibility excellent.

How Cold? (at 750m)

Rising from 10 to 16C, then little change into evening and night.

Freezing Level

Above the summits

Viewing Forecast For

Southern Uplands
Friday 20th June 2025
Last updated Wed 18th Jun 25 at 4:00PM

How windy? (On the summits)

Southerly 10 to 20mph, strongest Galloway hills, gusty around some slopes.

Effect of the wind on you?

Mostly small

How Wet?

Rain not expected

Cloud on the hills?

None expected

Chance of cloud free summits?

Above 90%

Sunshine and air clarity?

Sunshine and high cloud, which may sometimes obscure the sun. Visibility good, some haze.

How Cold? (at 750m)

16C from dawn, rising to 18C.

Freezing Level

Above the summits

Viewing Forecast For

Southern Uplands
Saturday 21st June 2025
Last updated Wed 18th Jun 25 at 4:00PM

How windy? (On the summits)

Southerly 20 to 30mph, strongest Galloway hills, speeds may tend to increase with stronger gusts developing.

Effect of the wind on you?

Varied conditions, increasingly very blustery in western areas, affecting ease of walking over higher terrain.

How Wet?

Possible isolated heavy showers

Uncertainty - risk scattered bursts of rain forming, may be just spots from high cloud, but chance of a thundery shower.

Cloud on the hills?

None most or all day

If rain occurs, patches may form around some slopes at varied heights.

Chance of cloud free summits?

Above 90%

Sunshine and air clarity?

Sunshine and high cloud, may cloud over for periods. Visibility good, but slight haze likely.

How Cold? (at 750m)

17C from dawn, rising to 20C; may start to lower a little later afternoon from west.

Freezing Level

Above the summits

Planning Outlook

Increasingly very warm air reaching all areas on southerly breezes through the rest of this week. Dry conditions, sunshine and fair-weather cloud, some patchy coastal cloud at times in west, locally gustier winds too. A more uncertain outlook into the weekend and early next week, a good deal of fine and warm weather, but risk of some rain or showery bursts at times, temperatures likely easing back. A more changeable Atlantic southwesterly pattern likely emerging, although how soon this takes hold is very uncertain.