The Galloway hills eastward to the Lammermuir hills. The Cheviots (including higher hills within the adjacent Northumberland NP).
Southern Uplands
Tuesday 10th March 2026
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Patchy rain and lowest cloud over southwest-facing hill groups. Cloud fairly extensive on hills, but higher bases and some breaks northeastwards. Gale-force winds on high terrain, speeds strengthening during day, later becoming widely severe upland gales; heavier rain arrives from west by evening.
Windy, gales later. Lowest cloud southwest, patchy rain.
South to on higher slopes southwesterly; increasing markedly with height to 35mph, or by late afternoon 40-45mph. During afternoon, reaching 50mph with stronger gusts higher tops.
Markedly increasing buffeting and wind chill with height. Deteriorating to make walking and balance increasingly difficult later in day on higher slopes.
Rain now and again; wetter by dusk west
Rain from time to time - little in total. Locally more persistent for an hour or so in west up to Moffat hills. Rain develops from west soon after dark, becoming extensive during evening for a few hours, heaviest in west.
Persistent; lowest cloud base Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway: Persistent cloud above 300 to 450m though particularly near coast at times below 300m. Borders: Typical cloud base by midday will rise to 600 to 750m - occasionally lower in and after rain.
10% southwest, to 30% northeast.
Glimpses of sun mainly lower slopes near the Lothians and Cheviots. Generally hazy.
3C - only slow drop in temperature higher up. Feeling like -6C later nearer -10C directly in the wind.
Above the summits. Then lowering well into the night ahead toward 800m.
Southern Uplands
Wednesday 11th March 2026
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4:00PM
Westerly up to 50mph post dawn; through day dropping slowly, typically 30 or 35mph middle of day.
Expect significant wind chill and walking to be arduous or difficult particularly morning.
Occasional hail and snow showers
A few hail and above 700m snow showers.
Increasingly clearing
By midday, as cloud base rises, most cloud above 750m before mostly clearing. However, patches near 400m near precipitation.
80% from midday
Patchwork of sunshine, most sun Borders. Visibility mostly excellent.
1C. Will feel like -12C directly in the wind.
Above the summits.
Southern Uplands
Thursday 12th March 2026
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Mon 9th Mar 26 at
4:00PM
Southwesterly 40 to 50mph, risk 60mph for periods on higher tops; may lessen a little into afternoon.
Difficult conditions over higher terrain, where exposed any mobility challenging particularly morning. Significant wind chill.
Rain then showers, snow on tops
Heavy rain from dawn into morning, finishing as snow above 700m. Briefly drier, but then showers follow, most frequent in west, of snow above 600m.
Low cloud lifting during day
Covering the hills widely in the morning, from some lower elevations upward southern areas west from Moffat hills. Bases lifting and breaking with time.
10% rising to 50%
Overcast and dull with poor visibility in rain. Then improving to brighter skies, occasional sun and very good visibility when dry, reducing again in showers.
4C, dropping during day toward 0C. Wind chill feeling like -10 to -13C.
Above the summits in the morning, but lowering to 800m during daytime, by evening nearer 600m.
Generally unsettled this week and through the upcoming weekend as low pressure systems pass near and north of Britain - strong west or southwesterly winds prevail, often gale-force to at times storm-force over the mountains. Some fluctuation of temperature and freezing level, but mostly below freezing over Scottish mountains, at times snow falling to lower elevations. Colder for all by the end of the week with widely lowering freezing level Thursday into Friday. Frequent precipitation most western mountains, accumulations of snow across the mountains, most substantial in western Scotland from Glencoe northwards. Quieter weather patterns indicated beyond mid-month as higher pressure builds.