Southern Uplands
The Galloway hills eastward to the Lammermuir hills. The Cheviots (including higher hills within the adjacent Northumberland NP).
Tuesday's Forecast
Gale force, walking arduous
Considerable buffeting, walking into the wind will be strenuous on exposed terrain, stronger gusts may knock you off your feet. 40 to 55mph.
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.
Hazy, some fog banks
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Visibility reduced around cloud banks, hazier on some lower slopes. Locally some improvements possible out of cloud.
Chilly
Air temperature typically 0 to 5C on higher summits. Feeling distinctly chilly on tops when stationary or where exposed to wind. Take appropriate layers.
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Gale force, walking arduous
Considerable buffeting, walking into the wind will be strenuous on exposed terrain, stronger gusts may knock you off your feet. 40 to 55mph.
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.
Hazy, some fog banks
Visibility reduced around cloud banks, hazier on some lower slopes. Locally some improvements possible out of cloud.
Chilly
Air temperature typically 0 to 5C on higher summits. Feeling distinctly chilly on tops when stationary or where exposed to wind. Take appropriate layers.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Tuesday 10th March 2026
Last updated
Mon 9th Mar 26 at
4:00PM
Summary for all mountain areas
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.
Headline for Southern Uplands
Windy, gales later. Lowest cloud southwest, patchy rain.
How windy? (On the summits)
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.
Effect of the wind on you?
Markedly increasing buffeting and wind chill with height. Deteriorating to make walking and balance increasingly difficult later in day on higher slopes.
How Wet?
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.
Cloud on the hills?
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.
Chance of cloud free summits?
10% southwest, to 30% northeast.
Sunshine and air clarity?
Glimpses of sun mainly lower slopes near the Lothians and Cheviots. Generally hazy.
How Cold? (at 750m)
3C - only slow drop in temperature higher up. Feeling like -6C later nearer -10C directly in the wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits. Then lowering well into the night ahead toward 800m.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Wednesday 11th March 2026
Last updated
Mon 9th Mar 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly up to 50mph post dawn; through day dropping slowly, typically 30 or 35mph middle of day.
Effect of the wind on you?
Expect significant wind chill and walking to be arduous or difficult particularly morning.
How Wet?
Occasional hail and snow showers
A few hail and above 700m snow showers.
Cloud on the hills?
Increasingly clearing
By midday, as cloud base rises, most cloud above 750m before mostly clearing. However, patches near 400m near precipitation.
Chance of cloud free summits?
80% from midday
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patchwork of sunshine, most sun Borders. Visibility mostly excellent.
How Cold? (at 750m)
1C. Will feel like -12C directly in the wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Thursday 12th March 2026
Last updated
Mon 9th Mar 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 40 to 50mph, risk 60mph for periods on higher tops; may lessen a little into afternoon.
Effect of the wind on you?
Difficult conditions over higher terrain, where exposed any mobility challenging particularly morning. Significant wind chill.
How Wet?
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.
Cloud on the hills?
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.
Chance of cloud free summits?
10% rising to 50%
Sunshine and air clarity?
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.
How Cold? (at 750m)
4C, dropping during day toward 0C. Wind chill feeling like -10 to -13C.
Freezing Level
Above the summits in the morning, but lowering to 800m during daytime, by evening nearer 600m.
Planning Outlook
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.