Southern Uplands
The Galloway hills eastward to the Lammermuir hills. The Cheviots (including higher hills within the adjacent Northumberland NP).
Sunday's Forecast
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Patchwork of cloud and sun
Dry most or all day. A mix of cloud and sunshine. Occasional cloud banks drifting over higher slopes, lifting above the tops.
Cool to mild
Air temperature 5 to 10C on higher terrain. Comfortable temperatures on lower terrain, but feeling chilly if exposed to wind higher up, especially if stationary. Pack extra layers.
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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.
Patchwork of cloud and sun
Dry most or all day. A mix of cloud and sunshine. Occasional cloud banks drifting over higher slopes, lifting above the tops.
Cool to mild
Air temperature 5 to 10C on higher terrain. Comfortable temperatures on lower terrain, but feeling chilly if exposed to wind higher up, especially if stationary. Pack extra layers.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Sunday 20th September 2026
Last updated
Sat 19th Sep 26 at
4:00PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Gale-force winds over Scottish mountains early in the day lessen, but staying blustery and feeling chilly, for northern areas in particular. Showery rain in the west in the morning fading. Cloud base rising with good breaks forming, sunny spells best toward east. Lightest winds for Wales.
Headline for Southern Uplands
Strongest wind in morning; local showers fade, cloud lifts.
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 40-45mph early morning, tending to lessen gradually to 25mph middle of day into afternoon, 20mph later in day, particularly western hills.
Effect of the wind on you?
Challenging conditions moderating, but still blustery and affecting comfortable walking on exposed tops. Marked wind chill.
How Wet?
Light showers for a time west
A little light showery rain mainly Galloway hills in the morning, fading to be often dry across the region. Some drizzly rain develops from west into night.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting above the tops
Patchy cloud above 700m, most common in Galloway in the morning. Lifting and clearing above most or all hills. Into night, blanket low cloud rolls in from west.
Chance of cloud free summits?
80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Broken cloud and sunshine; thin high cloud may thicken later. Visibility very good, early slight haze west.
How Cold? (at 750m)
6 or 7C, little change all day, then tending to rise onward into night. Feeling sub-zero in the stronger wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Monday 21st September 2026
Last updated
Sat 19th Sep 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 25 to 40mph, very gusty in places; speeds may ease a little during the day.
Effect of the wind on you?
Blustery, affecting ease of walking and balance in places, some buffeting gusts in places downslope from high tops.
How Wet?
Drizzle mostly west
Drizzle and light rain most common Dumfries & Galloway. Patchy drizzle into the western Cheviots, but more often dry Borders to Lothians.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive much of the day
Blanket cloud shrouding the hills, foggy from some lower elevations upward in the west of Galloway and near Solway. Cloud base higher eastward and a slow lift of base may occur widely, local breaks later.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Glimpses of sun mostly eastern valleys, locally may break through more. Misty poor visibility many hills, but locally good below cloud in east.
How Cold? (at 750m)
12 to 14C, little change into night; quite humid, but still feeling like 5C if directly in wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Tuesday 22nd September 2026
Last updated
Sat 19th Sep 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 20 to 30mph, some gusty areas around some higher tops.
Effect of the wind on you?
Varied conditions, in places fairly small, but some more blustery areas and some buffeting gusts.
How Wet?
Drizzle mostly west and southwest
Often drizzly much of day Dumfries and Galloway up to the M74 corridor, generally damp where in cloud, patchier drizzle north and eastwards, locally more often dry. Into night, some steadier rain develops west.
Cloud on the hills?
Most persistent southwest
Shrouding many hills in the morning, from lower elevations upward in southwestern areas. The base tending to drift slowly higher, but likely to persist over hills much of day near and west of M74. Breaks develop north/east areas.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20% southwest, to 50% northeast.
Sunshine and air clarity?
Largely cloudy, misty over western hills. Some glimpses of sun toward valleys in north and east, visibility good below cloud.
How Cold? (at 750m)
12C much of day, locally 14C in east, humid; then into night dropping toward 7C. Feeling like 5C directly in wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Planning Outlook
Warm and humid air from the southwest extends across Britain early in the new week, cloaking many hills in fog and drizzle, to lower slopes near western coasts. A band of steadier rain is likely to be draped over northwest Scotland by Tuesday. Best of cloud breaks in areas further east and northeast. Rain then passes eastwards into Wednesday followed by a few showers, lower humidity and cloud bases lifting. Later in the week, areas of low pressure toward the northwest likely still bring periods of stronger winds to Scotland at least and a risk of rain at times mainly in the west, but a trend toward higher pressure and drier weather more often for the end of September into the start of October.