Lake District
The entire Lake District National Park, taking in all major summits, including Scafell, Helvellyn, Skiddaw, the Langdales and Old Man of Coniston.
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.
Thunderstorm
Heavy or torrential downpours with hail, risk of thunder and lightning. Seek shelter where possible.
Poor visibility
Very murky conditions, the mountains shrouded in fog, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
Mild
Air temperature above freezing to highest summits. May feel pleasantly warm on lower ground, but take appropriate layers. Feeling chilly if exposed to wind.
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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.
Thunderstorm
Heavy or torrential downpours with hail, risk of thunder and lightning. Seek shelter where possible.
Poor visibility
Very murky conditions, the mountains shrouded in fog, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
Mild
Air temperature above freezing to highest summits. May feel pleasantly warm on lower ground, but take appropriate layers. Feeling chilly if exposed to wind.
Viewing Forecast For
Lake District
Wednesday 22nd May 2024
Last updated
Tue 21st May 24 at
4:05PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Low pressure drifting in from the east will bring scattered thundery bursts of rain, developing into increasingly widespread rain, sustained heavy rain setting in for eastern Scotland and Pennines. Cloud filling in across most hills and winds generally strengthening.
Headline for Lake District
Rain heavy or thundery at times, low cloud, wind increasing.
How windy? (On the summits)
Northerly, gradually strengthening from 10mph or perhaps less, to 30mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Negligible most or all morning; by evening, impeding ease of walking on some higher areas.
How Wet?
Increasingly wet: risk thunderstorms.
Bursts of heavy rain and thunderstorms developing during the morning. Generally deteriorating as the rain, thundery in places, becomes widespread or incessant.
Cloud on the hills?
Increasingly extensive
Considerable variation both through the day and sometimes between adjacent summits. Generally deteriorating as cloud fills in following onset of rain, quite widely cloud forming on lower slopes. However, even in morning, patches of fog from some lower slopes up.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Little or no sunshine - increasingly dull. Hazy, and visibility widely poor in rain.
How Cold? (at 750m)
10C, but feeling below 5C as wind strengthens.
Freezing Level
Above the summits
Viewing Forecast For
Lake District
Thursday 23rd May 2024
Last updated
Tue 21st May 24 at
4:05PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Northwesterly 25 to 40mph, strongest over western Lakeland tops.
Effect of the wind on you?
Considerable wind chill and walking strenuous or in places challenging over some higher terrain.
How Wet?
Rain much of day
A broad swathe of rain from overnight into the daytime, fading slowly, but some heavy bursts on and off into afternoon.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive low cloud
Cloud likely to blanket the fells most or all day, lifting toward some upper slopes in the afternoon if rain fades.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Mostly cloudy or dull. Poor visibility in rain, tending to slowly improve locally later.
How Cold? (at 750m)
7C. Wind chill in stronger speeds feeling close to sub-zero on higher tops.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Lake District
Friday 24th May 2024
Last updated
Tue 21st May 24 at
4:05PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 10 to 15mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small
How Wet?
Local rain or showers
Patchy rain drifting around slowly from dawn into the morning. Local showery bursts forming, these mostly moving away eastwards later in day.
Cloud on the hills?
Often covering tops, lifting
Varied banks of cloud covering the hills in the morning, bases tending to rise during the day, some breaks to upper slopes with time, may clear further later.
Chance of cloud free summits?
40%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Glimpses of sun, best sun near to coast later afternoon. Visibility good away from rain, later very good.
How Cold? (at 750m)
5 to 8C
Freezing Level
Above the summits
Planning Outlook
A slow-moving area of low pressure will leave areas of rain and showers later this week, plus varied banks of low cloud across the mountains, feeling cool. Improving at least temporarily into the weekend as pressure rises for a time, becoming warmer, but southerly winds will strengthen ahead of lowering pressure over the Atlantic, likely to move in by early next week to bring changeable conditions, rain at times, most frequent western Scotland.