Southern Uplands
The Galloway hills eastward to the Lammermuir hills. The Cheviots (including higher hills within the adjacent Northumberland NP).
Saturday's Forecast
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Heavy snow and hail showers, isolated lightning
Showery precipitation, often heavy, may merge to become constant for periods. A mix of snow and hail often falling to lower slopes. Risk of very localised thunder and lightning.
Cold
Air temperature below 0C all day on higher mountains. Significant chill factor if exposed to strong winds. Suitable protective clothing required.
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Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Heavy snow and hail showers, isolated lightning
Showery precipitation, often heavy, may merge to become constant for periods. A mix of snow and hail often falling to lower slopes. Risk of very localised thunder and lightning.
Cold
Air temperature below 0C all day on higher mountains. Significant chill factor if exposed to strong winds. Suitable protective clothing required.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Saturday 11th April 2026
Last updated
Fri 10th Apr 26 at
4:30PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Windy with significant chill factor. Gales develop and strengthen with time England & Wales. At first, a band of persistent snowfall across the hills, rain lower slopes, soon moving away eastwards, leaving clearer conditions and scattered showers, but becoming locally heavy with hail and chance of thunder.
Headline for Southern Uplands
Wind increasing to gales west later. Hail showers form.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southerly 25-35mph, stronger winds up to dawn in east, and during afternoon strengthening again from the west to 50mph, risk 60mph Galloway by evening.
Effect of the wind on you?
Walking impeded with notable wind chill all day, more arduous conditions develop from the west afternoon, becoming difficult into evening western areas.
How Wet?
Hail showers forming afternoon
Rain Borders and eastward from dawn for a few hours, snow to 500-600m, soon breaking to scattered showers. Otherwise dry for several hours, then scattered showers form into afternoon, some locally heavy with hail, snow on tops and chance of isolated thunder.
Cloud on the hills?
Mostly clear away from showers
Banks of cloud around the high Borders and Cheviots at dawn, lifting, leaving many hills clear. Patches of cloud come and go in showers, mostly above 700m, though lower southern Galloway towards Moffat hills.
Chance of cloud free summits?
80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Bursts of sun, then clouding over as showers form. Very good visibility, though suddenly poor in showers.
How Cold? (at 750m)
0 or -1C, rising to +1C afternoon. Feeling like -10C in direct wind, later -15C in west on tops.
Freezing Level
Variable, around 600-700m, briefly lower at first, tending to rise, just above higher tops during the afternoon.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Sunday 12th April 2026
Last updated
Fri 10th Apr 26 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the summits)
South to southwesterly, 35 to 50mph, stronger gusts around showers. Tending to lessen gradually afternoon-evening.
Effect of the wind on you?
Arduous walking conditions on high terrain with buffeting squally gusts knocking you off balance. Significant wind chill.
How Wet?
Increasingly heavy showers, hail, snow
Showers most common Dumfries & Galloway in morning, but increasingly widespread with time; heavy bursts with hail, snow at times falling toward 600m, risk of isolated thunder.
Cloud on the hills?
Varying on high tops
Most cloud often confined above 700-800m, clearing tops periodically, but briefly lower patches around 600m in showers, most frequent near/west of M74.
Chance of cloud free summits?
40%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Intermittent bright sunshine, sunniest toward north and east in the morning. Visibility changing suddenly from very good to very poor or briefly appalling in showers.
How Cold? (at 750m)
1C rising to 3C. Wind chill feeling like -10 to -15C on tops.
Freezing Level
Close to highest summits above 800m at first, then lifting further above tops.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Monday 13th April 2026
Last updated
Fri 10th Apr 26 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the summits)
South to southeasterly 15 to 20mph, occasionally 25mph on tops.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small effect on walking, but feeling distinctly chilly in exposure on high terrain.
How Wet?
Hail showers forming increasingly
Showers mostly coastal areas toward south early morning, but a scattering forming inland, widespread into afternoon, briefly heavy with hail, also snow may fall to 600m. Risk isolated thunder & lightning.
Cloud on the hills?
Often above hills
Patches of cloud on some southern slopes west of the M74 in the morning, but mostly lifting above the summits. Brief patches grazing upper slopes around showers.
Chance of cloud free summits?
70%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sunshine most widely in morning, then cloud building, leaving brief bursts of sun. Visibility excellent, but briefly very poor in showers.
How Cold? (at 750m)
0C rising to 3C. Wind chill feeling like -3C to nearer -7C at first on tops.
Freezing Level
800m at first, also frost sheltered inland valleys; rising above the tops into middle of day and afternoon.
Planning Outlook
Chilly and showery conditions to start the new week, hail and a risk of isolated thunder into Monday afternoon, but less windy than the weekend. Drier for much of Tuesday, but rain and strengthening south-southwesterly winds likely return from the west later. Milder into mid-late next week, but Scottish high tops above 1200m close to freezing at times. Showers or more persistent rain mostly in the west, accompanied by strong winds Wednesday-Thursday. Higher pressure builds toward next weekend, bringing drier conditions overall; some chilly nights but fairly mild spring days.