Southern Uplands
The Galloway hills eastward to the Lammermuir hills. The Cheviots (including higher hills within the adjacent Northumberland NP).
Wednesday's Forecast
Moderate breeze, locally gusty
A noticeable breeze, feeling cool where exposed on tops. Locally may be gusty, but unlikely to affect walking progress. 15-25mph.
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.
Warm
Comfortable temperatures on the hills, 12 to 16C on tops, feeling pleasantly warm especially on lower ground. Beware of feeling cooler if exposed to wind on higher terrain.
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Moderate breeze, locally gusty
A noticeable breeze, feeling cool where exposed on tops. Locally may be gusty, but unlikely to affect walking progress. 15-25mph.
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.
Warm
Comfortable temperatures on the hills, 12 to 16C 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
Wednesday 16th July 2025
Last updated
Tue 15th Jul 25 at
4:00PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Fine much of the day for many areas, cloud covering some hill slopes in the morning, tending to lift above many summits. A little patchy rain mostly southern Scotland and northern England in the morning, tending to fade. Isolated showers into afternoon. Mostly light winds.
Headline for Southern Uplands
A little rain, isolated showers; cloud lifting. Breezy morning.
How windy? (On the summits)
North to northeasterly 15mph in morning, 20mph Cheviots. Becoming easterly 10mph or less.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small, though feeling breezier in east and cool early in day.
How Wet?
Early patchy rain east, local showers form
A little light rain early morning, mostly in east from Lothians to Cheviots. Local light showers drifting further west and southwestwards with time, chance of an isolated heavier shower Galloway later.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting and clearing
Covering higher slopes in the morning, most extensively eastern areas, soon mostly patches capping high tops further west. Cloud base rising above most or all tops by middle of day.
Chance of cloud free summits?
50% rising to 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Cloudy start, dull particularly in east, then patchwork of cloud and sun; sunniest near coast afternoon. Visibility increasingly excellent.
How Cold? (at 750m)
11C rising to 15C.
Freezing Level
Above the summits
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Thursday 17th July 2025
Last updated
Tue 15th Jul 25 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southerly 15 to 20mph, tending to strengthen from west, reaching 25mph tops in Galloway.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small, but feeling more blustery with time over higher terrain, especially western hills.
How Wet?
Drizzly rain mostly west
Drizzle and light rain mostly Dumfries & Galloway, persistently damp where in cloud. Some steadier rain may develop. Little if any rain toward eastern hills.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive west, clearer east/north
Shrouding western hills most or all day, toward Solway coast likely to fill in increasingly to lower slopes. Eastern hills may see increasing banks of cloud, but likely clear much of day.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20% west, to 80% northeast
Sunshine and air clarity?
Glimpses of sun mostly Borders to Lothians. Visibility good below cloud, mistier southwest.
How Cold? (at 750m)
12C where in cloud, up to 15C east, feeling humid.
Freezing Level
Above the summits
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Friday 18th July 2025
Last updated
Tue 15th Jul 25 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southerly 15 to 20mph, up to 25mph higher tops in Dumfries & Galloway.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small, but feeling breezy where exposed over western hills.
How Wet?
Rain at times heavy, moving east
Rain and drizzle, some heavier pulses of rain drifting northeastwards. Likely more persistent toward west in the morning, then by afternoon, greater risk heavy bursts toward the east, possible thunder.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive, rising slowly, some breaks
Covering the hills widely in the morning above 400-600m, or lower slopes toward the Solway. Bases tending to lift and break with time, though likely to persist on higher slopes near/west of the M74 until later afternoon.
Chance of cloud free summits?
10% rising to 50% afternoon.
Sunshine and air clarity?
A little weak sun through cloud, may improve from west afternoon. Visibility good below cloud, but poor in rain, mistier toward Solway particularly morning.
How Cold? (at 750m)
12C where in cloud, little variation all day. Reaching 14 or 15C eastern hills, quite humid.
Freezing Level
Above the summits
Planning Outlook
Humid air moves in from the southwest on Thursday with drizzly rain and low cloud particularly in western regions. A mixed outlook, as slack low pressure drifts slowly over the British Isles, giving slow-moving showers and increasingly thundery downpours, these most extensive over England and Wales into the weekend. Staying fairly warm, quite humid. Often low wind speeds, but south-southeasterlies may increase at times. By next week, west to southwesterlies likely to prevail, with some rain or drizzle at times mostly western Scotland, often dry further south and east.