Southern Uplands
The Galloway hills eastward to the Lammermuir hills. The Cheviots (including higher hills within the adjacent Northumberland NP).
Friday's Forecast
Light wind, negligible impact
Little wind or walking hardly affected by the wind, but feeling chilly if exposed on tops. 10-15mph or less.
Frequent or persistent rain
Steady rain fairly persistent, occasionally heavy, rather wet underfoot.
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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Light wind, negligible impact
Little wind or walking hardly affected by the wind, but feeling chilly if exposed on tops. 10-15mph or less.
Frequent or persistent rain
Steady rain fairly persistent, occasionally heavy, rather wet underfoot.
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
Friday 28th August 2026
Last updated
Thu 27th Aug 26 at
4:26PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Frequent rain for England and Wales well into the day, clustering into heavy falls and local thunderstorms; poor visibility on many tops and some fast flowing streams. Easing to lighter showers later. Rain and drizzle over north and notably east Scotland, best of clear hills west highlands. Widely warm and humid.
Headline for Southern Uplands
Frequent rain, breaking from the west; poor visibility on summits
How windy? (On the summits)
Northerly shifting northwesterly, though variable, 10mph and sometimes less well into the day. Will strengthen later, finishing with tops speeds to 20-25mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Negligible well into the day, a breeze picking up later in exposure.
How Wet?
Morning rain, mostly shifting east and breaking
Most hills under rain from dawn with localised heavy falls. Rain will trend patchy and increasingly break from the west, staying frequent longer in the east but generally breaking into scattered drizzly showers more widely by late in the day.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive
Cloud shrouds the hills in the morning, widely to middle slopes, to lower north and eastern hills. Beginning to lift and break up somewhat to the west, though breaks above 700m will be rare and fleeting. Eastern hills stay shrouded from middle slopes upward likely all day.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast most of the day, often dull on high terrain with poor visibility. Some brighter breaks on lower terrain will break out west, only late in the day to the east.
How Cold? (at 750m)
12 or 13C.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Saturday 29th August 2026
Last updated
Thu 27th Aug 26 at
4:26PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Generally westerly 10-20mph, quite variable and sometimes lower speeds. Later, may shift easterly.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small.
How Wet?
Early drizzle, patchy rain increases
A little drizzle in early cloud, this mostly fading. Patchy light rain here and there, tending to increase in frequency, a risk of longer falls with heavy bursts forming.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive
A sheet of cloud shrouds the hills from middle slopes up in the morning. A lifting tendency, some breaks may approach 800m or higher at times east, but bases will lower again and may fill in more extensively on south slopes later.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
A few glimpses of weak sun, trending overcast. Visibility becomes very good where cloud lifts.
How Cold? (at 750m)
11 or 12C, mildest east and may rise a degree here.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Sunday 30th August 2026
Last updated
Thu 27th Aug 26 at
4:26PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly turning southwesterly 10mph strengthening to 20mph, variable speeds and briefly stronger later.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small.
How Wet?
Patchy rain, increasingly heavy
Patchy rain here and there, perhaps an early drizzle on high terrain. With time, rain will tend to increase in frequency with heavy bursts, later setting in from the west.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting for a time, best chance breaks east
Starting fairly extensive on high terrain with varied lower banks, but lifting towards summit height, possibly breaks for a time. Moffat hills westward will likely stay shrouded above 700m, and fill in more widely later in the day as rain arrives.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Rising to 60% for a time in the east
Sunshine and air clarity?
A little patchy sunshine, visibility good out of cloud and rain, but increasingly overcast with deteriorating visibility in rain and fog.
How Cold? (at 750m)
10C rising to 12 or 13C.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Planning Outlook
A generally damp weekend ahead, particularly in England and Wales: several bands of rain will pass west-to-east, cloud often shrouding hills, particularly west where only slightly improving away from the main areas of rain. Some stronger wind will affect Wales at times, notably south. Less rain over Scotland, though a little drizzly rain here and there will become local showery bursts through afternoon; variable cloud, tending to lift during the day but returning where rain forms. Also minimal wind in Scotland, mild temperatures. Westerly flow is expected next week, drawing cloud and showers into western areas, particularly in Scotland, with periods of strong wind and broader areas of rain more widely across the country. Best of bright breaks to the east.