Southern Uplands
The Galloway hills eastward to the Lammermuir hills. The Cheviots (including higher hills within the adjacent Northumberland NP).
Thursday's Forecast
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Heavy rain
Near-constant heavy rain, sometimes torrential over the mountains, very wet underfoot.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
Cool to mild
Air temperature 5 to 10C on higher terrain. Comfortable temperatures on lower terrain, but feeling chilly if exposed to wind higher up, especially if stationary. Pack extra layers.
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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.
Heavy rain
Near-constant heavy rain, sometimes torrential over the mountains, very wet underfoot.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
Cool to mild
Air temperature 5 to 10C on higher terrain. Comfortable temperatures on lower terrain, but feeling chilly if exposed to wind higher up, especially if stationary. Pack extra layers.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Thursday 18th June 2026
Last updated
Wed 17th Jun 26 at
4:05PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Rain and low cloud affects many mountains, most persistent in the west, patchier and lighter for the Highlands by afternoon. A band of heavier rain for northern England and southwest Scotland, risk some thundery bursts. Blustery southwesterly winds. Feeling humid particularly for England and Wales.
Headline for Southern Uplands
Breezy, increasingly windy. Rain setting in heavy, low cloud.
How windy? (On the summits)
South-southwesterly varying 25 to 35mph, strongest sustained speeds areas near and east of M74 into afternoon, strongest gusts Cheviots 40mph. Then into night increasing further widely to 40-50mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Affecting comfortable walking, at times more strenuous with buffeting gusts over higher exposed tops.
How Wet?
Rain most persistent west, often heavy
Rain soon sets in for much of day across Dumfries & Galloway, some prolonged heavier falls southern areas. Pulses of steady rain extending northeastward, odd bursts of rain, chance of isolated thunder. Streams rising to be in spate in west.
Cloud on the hills?
Fairly extensive, lowest southwest
Shrouding hills widely above 300-500m near and west of M74, or lower slopes persistently toward Solway, ragged low patches widely in heavy rain. Higher cloud base north and eastward, local breaks.
Chance of cloud free summits?
10% west, 30% north/east.
Sunshine and air clarity?
Largely cloudy, murky in rain. Misty southwest areas, especially coasts, better visibility below cloud northeast, but widely poor in rain.
How Cold? (at 750m)
9 or 10C, locally rising to 12C out of cloud, mainly north and eastern areas. Feeling nearer to 0C in stronger wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Friday 19th June 2026
Last updated
Wed 17th Jun 26 at
4:05PM
How windy? (On the summits)
South-southwesterly, rising from before dawn to 40-50mph, gusts 60mph on tops; lessening only late in day from west.
Effect of the wind on you?
Challenging walking, gusts knocking you off balance, including on some downslopes to north. Considerable wind chill.
How Wet?
Frequent heavy or thundery rain
Areas of rain from overnight into morning in west, further pulses of rain through day, some prolonged heavy or torrential falls, tending to extend eastwards. Risk of thunder. Starting to fade later from west.
Cloud on the hills?
Varied, persistent west, elsewhere in rain
Covering hills in west most or all day, fog from low slopes up near Solway, higher base northward. Lothians to Borders clearer. Lowering and filling in widely around rain with ragged low patches.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20% southwest, to 70% northeast.
Sunshine and air clarity?
Any sun weak through high cloud, largely overcast. Misty Solway coast; hazy or murky around rain. Local good visibility for a time east.
How Cold? (at 750m)
Humid 12 to 15C, warmest east, then by evening onward dropping rapidly to 7C. Feeling near freezing in wind all day.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Saturday 20th June 2026
Last updated
Wed 17th Jun 26 at
4:05PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 20 to 25mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small effect on walking, but feeling breezy on high terrain, rather cool particularly in morning.
How Wet?
Showers moving east
Patchy showers mostly western areas in the morning, tending to extend eastwards through middle of day into afternoon, brief bursts of rain. Fading from west in afternoon.
Cloud on the hills?
Lowest in west and in morning
Covering the hills fairly widely in morning, to lower slopes toward Solway coast. Bases rising, tending to thin and break, but patches still likely to cap tops in west into early afternoon, then largely clearing.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20% rising to 80% afternoon
Sunshine and air clarity?
Misty and largely cloudy start especially in west, improving with some sun breaking through and visibility becoming very good.
How Cold? (at 750m)
7C rising to 9 or 10C afternoon. Feeling close to freezing in wind on high tops, especially in the morning.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Planning Outlook
Humid southwesterly winds, gales across many mountains on Friday, plus heavy rain, thundery bursts mixed in. Less windy, but still breezy into Saturday in Scotland, feeling less humid for most, but western Scottish hills at least stay cloud capped and with showery rain. Sunday is a drier day with clearer hills, light winds and feeling warmer. Into next week, a mixed west-southwesterly pattern for Scotland, rain and low cloud most common in the west, drier with higher cloud eastwards and more often dry. Warm and humid for England & Wales - often dry, but possible thunderstorms forming at times - detail more uncertain.