Southern Uplands
The Galloway hills eastward to the Lammermuir hills. The Cheviots (including higher hills within the adjacent Northumberland NP).
Today's Forecast
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Patchy rain or drizzle
Rain on and off, or generally drizzly - total amounts small, but may be persistently damp, especially where hills are shrouded in cloud.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
Warm
Comfortable temperatures on the hills, 10 to 15C on tops, feeling pleasantly warm especially on lower ground. Beware of feeling cooler if exposed to wind on higher terrain.
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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.
Patchy rain or drizzle
Rain on and off, or generally drizzly - total amounts small, but may be persistently damp, especially where hills are shrouded in cloud.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
Warm
Comfortable temperatures on the hills, 10 to 15C on tops, feeling pleasantly warm especially on lower ground. Beware of feeling cooler if exposed to wind on higher terrain.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Monday 12th October 2026
Last updated
Sun 11th Oct 26 at
4:00PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Extensive low cloud blankets the mountains, poor visibility widely; generally damp with drizzle and some steadier rain. Best chance for drier conditions and local higher cloud breaks to the north of major hill groups. Wind speeds will vary, but often blustery around tops. Fairly mild southerly air.
Headline for Southern Uplands
Murky and damp, locally better north; windier later.
How windy? (On the summits)
South-southwesterly 25 to 30mph, slightly less for a time from late morning, but during afternoon increasing again from west to 40 later 50mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Blustery around higher exposed terrain, later deteriorating further to become more difficult up to sunset.
How Wet?
Generally damp, some steady rain, particularly west
Rain and drizzle much of the day Dumfries & Galloway, some steadier rain mainly morning and again evening onward. Patchier rain north and eastwards, largely dry over a few hours.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive, lowest southwest
Shrouding many hills all day, from low elevations upward near and west of M74, rarely above 400-500m. Mostly above 500-600m toward Lothians, Borders and Cheviots, some breaks as rain fades.
Chance of cloud free summits?
10%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast, dull or murky. Local brighter areas in afternoon toward north and east.
How Cold? (at 750m)
9C rising to 12C, or slightly warmer into night. Increasingly humid. Feeling near to freezing if in stronger wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Tuesday 13th October 2026
Last updated
Sun 11th Oct 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
West-southwesterly, overnight gales ease for a brief early lull to 25mph or less, but rise again during daytime to 40-50mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
A window of fairly small effects, but beware of deteriorating again from the west as the day goes on to become challenging.
How Wet?
Early rain, then showers
Heavy rain around dawn clears away eastwards in morning, leaving a brief drier window, but showers soon follow from the west, these increasingly frequent, locally heavier, more extensive afternoon.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting after rain, patches on tops
Varied cloud banks from dawn, but for a few hours then breaking well toward upper slopes and may clear many tops. Patches likely come and go west of M74 and often capping tops as showers return.
Chance of cloud free summits?
60%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Occasional sun best in east as rain clears, then cloudier again from west. Visibility very good as rain clears, then reducing around showers, locally poor.
How Cold? (at 750m)
Mild 12C overnight but dropping to 8C by dawn, lowering further during day to 5C. Feeling later like -7C as wind increases.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Wednesday 14th October 2026
Last updated
Sun 11th Oct 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
South-southwesterly, in range 40 to 60mph, notable increase with height; sustained speeds strongest by afternoon.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous walking even on lower hills, gusts knocking you off balance, increasingly difficult on high terrain.
How Wet?
A little rain mostly west
Spots of rain in the wind, most frequent Dumfries & Galloway, substantially dry toward Pentlands and Lammermuir hills. Into evening, more widespread steadier rain arrives from west, heavier in west.
Cloud on the hills?
Often covering western tops
Banks of cloud most persistent in western areas from Moffat hills to Galloway, clinging to most hills above 600-700m, some lower patches near Solway. Further northeast, cloud higher and more broken.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20% southwest, to 50% northeast
Sunshine and air clarity?
Glimpses of weak sun, mostly east and northeastern areas. Hazy southwestern areas, visibility fairly good northeast.
How Cold? (at 750m)
6C rising to 9C. Feeling like -5C directly in the wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Planning Outlook
A very unsettled Atlantic pattern this week. Southwesterly gales strengthen to become severe on the mountains into Wednesday, moderating into Thursday. Frequently raining particularly over western hills, some bands of more extensive heavier rain passing eastwards through midweek. Milder early in the week, then cooler later, with showery conditions by Thursday into Friday on westerly winds - Scottish high summits may drop back close to freezing with some snow falling on higher tops. Indications start to favour higher pressure building into next weekend and early next week for a period of quieter weather and scope for inversion conditions on high terrain.