Southern Uplands
The Galloway hills eastward to the Lammermuir hills. The Cheviots (including higher hills within the adjacent Northumberland NP).
Saturday's Forecast
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Patchwork of cloud and sun
Dry most or all day. A mix of cloud and sunshine. Occasional cloud banks drifting over higher slopes, lifting above the tops.
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.
Patchwork of cloud and sun
Dry most or all day. A mix of cloud and sunshine. Occasional cloud banks drifting over higher slopes, lifting above the tops.
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
Saturday 5th September 2026
Last updated
Fri 4th Sep 26 at
4:17PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Brisk and chilly westerly winds in the morning, starting gale-force on high tops in Scotland, but lowering speeds. A little light rain, brief showers mainly western Scotland with varied cloud on tops. Often dry with cloud breaks to tops for eastern Highlands, England and Wales, some sun and hazy high cloud.
Headline for Southern Uplands
Windy start, lessening; largely dry, cloud lifting.
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 30-40mph at dawn-early morning, strongest east, briefly gusts 50mph Cheviots. Easing during morning to 25mph by midday, 15-20mph afternoon. Later turning southwesterly; rising dusk onward, to 40mph western areas into night.
Effect of the wind on you?
Blustery and chilly start, more challenging in places for a few hours just at first, but lessening to be fairly small. Then deteriorating late in day onward into night.
How Wet?
Substantially dry, light showers locally
Drizzly showers mostly west coast areas early in day. An odd light shower passing eastward. Late evening onward, some rain developing from southwest, becoming heavier well into night Galloway.
Cloud on the hills?
Clearing tops
Patchy cloud over some slopes above 700m early morning, mainly western areas. Lifting above the summits by late morning onward.
Chance of cloud free summits?
80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Occasional sun, best in east in morning; high cloud tending to thicken afternoon. Visibility very good.
How Cold? (at 750m)
7C rising to 10C afternoon, little change or rising a degree or so higher evening/night. Feeling near/below 0C in wind in morning.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Sunday 6th September 2026
Last updated
Fri 4th Sep 26 at
4:17PM
How windy? (On the summits)
South to southwesterly 40 to 55mph, strongest west; very gusty in places, including downslope north of high tops.
Effect of the wind on you?
Frequent buffeting across the hills, walking and balance difficult in places. Feeling cool in exposure despite warm air.
How Wet?
Patchy rain
Drizzle and some light rain for periods mainly Dumfries & Galloway. A band of more frequent rain spreads from the west late in the day and into night.
Cloud on the hills?
Often covering some southern slopes
Varied low cloud, but may cover areas near Solway all day, but bases higher inland north and eastward with breaks, some or many hills more often clear.
Chance of cloud free summits?
40%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Glimpses of weak sun mainly east. Hazy.
How Cold? (at 750m)
10 to 12C, humid all day, rising on some slopes to 15C. Feeling like 4 to 7C directly in the wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Monday 7th September 2026
Last updated
Fri 4th Sep 26 at
4:17PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwesterly 35 to 50mph, speeds likely rising during day, reaching 60mph over higher tops.
Effect of the wind on you?
Arduous to increasingly difficult walking with frequent buffeting in exposure on high terrain. Considerable wind chill.
How Wet?
Showery rain frequent west
Overnight rain likely clears eastward up to dawn, leaving a drier window, but showery rain then develops from west, may become frequent and heavy at times western hills.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting to tops, some breaks
Early varied cloud over the hills, lifting during morning to mostly patches over higher tops, but may come and go above 700-800m, more frequent in west. Lowering patches in showers.
Chance of cloud free summits?
50%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Occasional sun mainly morning central-eastern hills. Visibility good when dry, hazier toward Solway; reducing in rain.
How Cold? (at 750m)
7 or 8C, little change all day. Feeling like -2 to -5C in the wind on tops.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Planning Outlook
Generally unsettled onward into next week with spells of rain and showers moving in from the Atlantic, accompanied by frequently strong to gale force mountain winds. Temperatures will vary, mildest toward the south, but cooler air moves in from the north at times bringing higher Scottish tops occasionally close to freezing point. Indications favour improving weather patterns during mid-month as high pressure builds from the south.