Southern Uplands
The Galloway hills eastward to the Lammermuir hills. The Cheviots (including higher hills within the adjacent Northumberland NP).
Friday'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.
Sunshine and showers
A good amount of dry and bright weather, but scattered bursts of rain, some may be locally heavy.
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.
Sunshine and showers
A good amount of dry and bright weather, but scattered bursts of rain, some may be locally heavy.
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
Friday 9th October 2026
Last updated
Thu 8th Oct 26 at
4:00PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Gale-force winds across all mountains will make walking challenging and lower temperatures also adds to a significant chill factor. A front clears south over England & Wales with a spell of early rain. Then broadly showery, frequent in west, falling as snow on Scottish Munros, also hail.
Headline for Southern Uplands
Gales on tops, showers, some with hail.
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly sustained 35-40mph, increasingly gusty with top speeds to 50mph or higher.
Effect of the wind on you?
Walking strenuous all day, gusts challenging balance and sometimes requiring bracing; considerable wind chill.
How Wet?
Showers mostly west
Showers stream into Dumfries and Galloway most of the day, rather frequent and sometimes merging into extended falls with heavy bursts and hail. Showers more scattered east, but trending more frequent.
Cloud on the hills?
Increasingly covering high terrain west
Blanket fog from overnight breaking up right around dawn, into varied cloud banks mostly above 700m west of M74; eastern hills perhaps largely clear until afternoon. Cloud more frequently covering the tops afternoon, extended foggy periods above 700m in Galloway.
Chance of cloud free summits?
70%, lowering to 40% west
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patchy sun, best of sunshine in the east early. Very good visibility, variably poor during showers, increasingly so in the west.
How Cold? (at 750m)
6C, perhaps a degree or two milder east just at dawn. Lowering a degree. Feeling like -4 to -8C in direct wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Saturday 10th October 2026
Last updated
Thu 8th Oct 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
West-northwesterly 40-50mph, very gusty, and may strengthen for a few hours, on highest tops speeds to 60mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Challenging conditions, stability requiring constant effort, gusts knocking you around. Significant wind chill.
How Wet?
Frequent showers
A near-constant stream of showers into Dumfries and Galloway likely all day, some persistent falls with heavy bursts. A scattering of showers further east, and some risk of rain setting in for a few hours widely.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive west
Terrain above 700m in cloud most of the day near and west of M74, a few higher breaks east, only fleetingly to summits. Bases regularly lower around showers, ragged patches into valleys, and filling in widely extensively during sustained rain.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Some sunny bursts east, but more often overcast. Generally poor visibility on high terrain and a haze west.
How Cold? (at 750m)
4 or 5C, may locally reach 6C on sunny aspects in the east but will vary in showers. Feeling near -10C in strongest wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Sunday 11th October 2026
Last updated
Thu 8th Oct 26 at
4:00PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Northwesterly 25mph from dawn into morning, for longest east, easing to 10-15mph into afternoon.
Effect of the wind on you?
Early in day, marked wind chill and blustery wind on tops may affect comfortable walking; becoming small.
How Wet?
Early local showers fade
Brief scattered showers in morning, mostly west Galloway, fading to be largely dry. Rain may push into westernmost areas into night.
Cloud on the hills?
Rare patches
Patchy cloud may drift around higher western tops in the morning, but all dispersing or lifting above hills.
Chance of cloud free summits?
90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patchwork of cloud and sun; high cloud may start to build from west later. Visibility excellent.
How Cold? (at 750m)
4 or 5C much of day, then lifting slightly higher onward into evening-night. Feeling like -3 to -5C in early wind on tops.
Freezing Level
Above the summits. Slight frost inland valleys at dawn.
Planning Outlook
The weekend begins windy with gales over all mountains, severe on some high tops; showers or more constant rain west, brighter breaks east. Sunday sees a more settled day as a small ridge of high pressure builds from the west; wind eases, sun and cloud clearing most tops, cool temperatures. Next week sees continued mixed weather: bands of rain coming and going, temperatures similarly fluctuating: generally mild, briefly chilly in Scotland with freezing levels temporarily onto high Munros where rain turns to snow; any accumulating snow soon thaws. West-southwesterly winds will be dominant, often quite strong, gales at times, but this allows for drier, brighter windows on eastern hill groups between weather systems.