Southern Uplands
The Galloway hills eastward to the Lammermuir hills. The Cheviots (including higher hills within the adjacent Northumberland NP).
Monday'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 6th July 2026
Last updated
Sun 5th Jul 26 at
4:00PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Windy and generally wet across Scottish hills, rain and drizzle most persistent in northwestern Highlands. Breezy, damp and drizzly too for northern England. Drier and lighter winds for Wales. Poor visibility with low cloud cloaking many hills through the day, best of any breaks toward east.
Headline for Southern Uplands
Gusts to gale-force over tops. Patchy rain, drizzle, low cloud.
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 25 to 40mph, variable and with stronger gusts over high tops, particularly early and late in the day.
Effect of the wind on you?
Walking strenuous in exposure most of the day with considerable wind chill, buffeting gusts challenging stability.
How Wet?
Rain mostly morning, drizzly west
Patchy rain drifts from the west at times, some extended steady light rain west of the M74 in morning, and a lingering fine drizzle over high tops during drier windows. Rain quite sparse to the east. Generally drier in afternoon.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive, best breaks east
Western slopes shrouded above 600m likely all day, often lower with ragged patches into valleys in morning; low cloud towards Central Belt/Lothians too. Some breaks afternoon. Best chance higher breaks south and east.
Chance of cloud free summits?
10% rising to 30% west, to 50% Cheviots
Sunshine and air clarity?
Largely cloudy, dull to the west. Where out of cloud and rain east, very good visibility, brief sunny glimpses.
How Cold? (at 750m)
10 or 11C, rising slightly, locally 13C from the Borders eastward. Feeling near freezing in direct wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Tuesday 7th July 2026
Last updated
Sun 5th Jul 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 30-45mph at dawn, strongest Lothians and east Borders with gusts approaching 55mph. Easing to 20-30mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Arduous to challenging walking with considerable buffeting and wind chill early. Effects ease, but generally strenuous.
How Wet?
Patchy rain, mostly west
Rain here and there most of the day, light in nature with regular dry windows. Some chance of extended falls, greatest risk west of M74 where possibly briefly heavier.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive but variable
From dawn, blanket cloud above the middle elevations, lowest Ayrshire/Central Belt hills where ragged patches reach lower elevations in rain. A general lifting trend, breaks to summits possible east, but banks returning too.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%, rising to 50% easternmost summits
Sunshine and air clarity?
Few glimpses of sun but weakened by high cloud. Variable visibility, most often poor west, but very good out of cloud.
How Cold? (at 750m)
11C rising to 13C, always warmest east, possibly to 15C Cheviots. Feeling like 2 to 5C in direct wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Wednesday 8th July 2026
Last updated
Sun 5th Jul 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
West to southwesterly 15 to 20mph, in places 25mph around high tops.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small, some noticeable gustier spots.
How Wet?
Rain unlikely
Rare fine drizzle western hills if in early low cloud on windward slopes.
Cloud on the hills?
Varied, mostly west, largely clearing
Banks of cloud perhaps fairly extensive Dumfries and Galloway in the morning. Tending to thin and disperse through middle of day to leave most or all hills clear. Western slopes near Merrick may keep patchy cloud.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30% rising to 60% west, 90% elsewhere.
Sunshine and air clarity?
Varied cloud and sun in morning, then increasingly sunny with fair-weather cloud, best toward east. Misty start in west, otherwise visibility very good.
How Cold? (at 750m)
11C rising to 16C afternoon, slightly cooler far west if cloud lingers.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Planning Outlook
A damp start westerly pattern continues at the start of the week, particularly in Scotland, then a drier and warmer window builds into the middle of the week: very warm in England and Wales, spells of sunshine spread northward, and lighter wind. Some patchy rain continues through late week in western Scotland though detail is uncertain and more often dry. High pressure is indicated to expand across Scotland through next weekend bringing more widely dry and warm conditions in the extended outlook into mid July - easterly winds likely develop, particularly England and Wales; a chance of some thunderstorms.