The entire Lake District National Park, taking in all major summits, including Scafell, Helvellyn, Skiddaw, the Langdales and Old Man of Coniston.
Lake District
Tuesday 21st May 2024
Last updated
Tue 21st May 24 at
7:25AM
Extensively dry with light wind. However, as cloud builds sunshine will tend to give way from southeast and here and there bursts of rain are likely. It will be warm, particularly on summits near the west coast, where scattered thunderstorms giving localised torrential rain.
Extensive sunshine morning. Risk thunderstorm afternoon.
Morning: Southeast or easterly 15mph. Afternoon: Progressively becoming very light and direction varied.
Becoming negligible
Risk thunderstorm
One or two brief bursts of rain, most likely afternoon onwards, and in west Cumbria, risk of thunderstorms giving heavy or torrential rain.
Little if any
Summits all or almost all constantly cloud free. Nevertheless, fog likely to form on both lower and higher slopes in and after rain.
Almost certain
Often sunny morning, but increasingly high cloud layers weakening the sun. Visibility excellent.
9C at dawn, lifting to 14C by mid afternoon.
Above the summits
Lake District
Wednesday 22nd May 2024
Last updated
Tue 21st May 24 at
7:25AM
Northerly, gradually strengthening from 10mph or perhaps less, to 20 or 25mph.
Negligible most or all morning; by evening, impeding ease of walking on some higher areas.
Increasingly wet: risk thunderstorms.
Bursts of heavy rain and thunderstorms developing mainly from later morning. Detailed confidence low, but generally deteriorating as the rain, thundery in places, becomes widespread or incessant.
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.
20%
Little or no sunshine - increasingly dull. Hazy, and visibility deteriorating markedly as rain develops.
10C
Above the summits
Lake District
Thursday 23rd May 2024
Last updated
Tue 21st May 24 at
7:25AM
Low confidence in whole forecast: Northerly between 20 and 30mph.
May well result in considerable wind chill and make walking strenuous on higher areas.
Rain tending to fizzle out
A broad swath of rain will clear slowly from the west, although timing very uncertain.
Very extensive, although cloud base rising from west
Cloud may well blanket the mountains very widely from dawn. As rain eases, so cloud base will rise, perhaps eventually clearing completely.
30%
Sunshine will tend to extend off the sea, but possibly not until late in day. Otherwise, cloudy. Poor visibility in rain but becoming very good from west.
7C
Above the summits.
Low confidence on Wednesday and particularly Thursday. On Wednesday areas of thundery rain become increasingly widespread, although most or perhaps all of Wales will escape. By Thursday, there is uncertainty in positioning a north to south band of rain. It is most likely to be centred over eastern Britain, but edge away east only slowly. Beyond, after dry weather into the weekend, southerly winds will strengthen ahead of rain coming in off the Atlantic (again timing of this uncertain).