Southern Uplands
The Galloway hills eastward to the Lammermuir hills. The Cheviots (including higher hills within the adjacent Northumberland NP).
Thursday'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.
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.
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.
Click an icon for more information or click here for a key to all icons.
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.
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.
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
Thursday 27th November 2025
Last updated
Wed 26th Nov 25 at
1:07PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Powerful south to south-westerly winds, bringing widespread upland gales with rain on and off, frequent or constant for western mountains, and persistent fog across the hills. Later a cold front will move in, clearing to squally showers Scotland around dusk.
Headline for Southern Uplands
Gales and significant wind chill with frequent rainfall and extensive hill fog.
How windy? (On the summits)
South to southwesterly, strengthening through morning and quickly with height to 45mph where exposed on higher tops.
Effect of the wind on you?
Significant wind chill and walking widely difficult.
How Wet?
Frequent or constant rain
Rain and drizzle most or all day. A few breaks in the rain northern Galloway and the rain on and off northern and eastern Borders.
Cloud on the hills?
All or nearly all summits persistently foggy.
Persistent cloud from 200 to 450m Dumfries and Galloway and the Mofffat/Tweedsmuir areas. Elsewhere, cloud base lowering to 400 to 550m.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Less than 10%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Rare glimpses of weak sun lower slopes, mainly Borders. Visibility widely poor, hazy at best.
How Cold? (at 750m)
8C. Will feel as cold as minus 5C directly in the wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Friday 28th November 2025
Last updated
Wed 26th Nov 25 at
1:07PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 35 to 50mph, generally strongest in the morning.
Effect of the wind on you?
Be prepared for walking to be difficult, particularly through the morning, with significant wind chill and buffeting.
How Wet?
Scattered showers
A scattering of showers, may well be concentrated into a band that will move through at some point in the day associated with trough, risk thunder. Sleet tops.
Cloud on the hills?
Occasional over tops, mainly west.
Bases varying but away from western hills, mostly above tops. Hills west of M74 seeing cloud descend onto tops; perhaps extensive for a time.
Chance of cloud free summits?
40% in west, 70% in east.
Sunshine and air clarity?
Occasional sun, perhaps frequent in east. Visibility ranging from very good, to poor or very poor in showers.
How Cold? (at 750m)
2C
Freezing Level
Above the tops
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Saturday 29th November 2025
Last updated
Wed 26th Nov 25 at
1:07PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Very low confidence in forecast: May start easterly before backing north. In range 25 to 40mph, perhaps stronger later.
Effect of the wind on you?
Be prepared for significant wind chill with considerable buffeting and perhaps arduous conditions for a time.
How Wet?
Mostly dry, small risk rain/upland snow.
Likely dry, bar isolated showers/snow tops for a time. Risk, should an area of low pressure track further north, of prolonged rain and summit snow for a time.
Cloud on the hills?
Risk of covering hills in rain.
Perhaps bar patches over the tops the area fairly clear. However, risk of fairly extensive low cloud should rainfall set in across area.
Chance of cloud free summits?
Sunshine and air clarity?
May well be mostly overcast. Visibility perhaps very good, but poor should prolonged rain develop.
How Cold? (at 750m)
Around 1C
Freezing Level
Around 800m
Planning Outlook
Colder over the weekend again, but much uncertainty on the track of a small scale low on Saturday which would bring rain, upland snow and a core of strong winds for a time, most likely England and Wales. Sunday then mostly dry, bright and cold. Next week,. a long series of Atlantic lows passing north of or across Britain will bring high rainfall to western mountains together with frequent upland gales (sometimes stormy) and low cloud. Freeze-thaw cycles, with periods of fresh snow for Scottish hills especially.