Southern Uplands
The Galloway hills eastward to the Lammermuir hills. The Cheviots (including higher hills within the adjacent Northumberland NP).
Friday's Forecast
Light wind, negligible impact
Little wind or walking hardly affected by the wind, but feeling chilly if exposed on tops. 10-15mph or less.
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.
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.
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Light wind, negligible impact
Little wind or walking hardly affected by the wind, but feeling chilly if exposed on tops. 10-15mph or less.
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.
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
Friday 6th March 2026
Last updated
Thu 5th Mar 26 at
4:37PM
Summary for all mountain areas
A dry and sunny day for the Highlands and Galloway with early mist banks dispersing. Southerly winds strengthening in northwest later. England and Wales: Colder; patchy precipitation, snow to lower slopes N England, eases into afternoon, but still with extensive low cloud over hills, clearer breaks forming west coast.
Headline for Southern Uplands
Patchy snow in east fading, but low cloud may linger. Clear and sunny in west.
How windy? (On the summits)
At dawn, northeasterly 15-20mph but will soon ease down. Otherwise, light and variable winds.
Effect of the wind on you?
Cold feel in wind after dawn, but will soon drop out.
How Wet?
A little early patchy snow in east easing.
A little patchy snow around the Cheviot and Border Hills, but light in nature and soon fizzling out. Dry elsewhere.
Cloud on the hills?
Low cloud in the east. Clear in the west.
At dawn, sparse ragged cloud at various elevations, also mist in sheltered valleys. Cloud lifts and dissipates soon after sunrise for cloud-free hills. Near the Cheviot at dawn, a risk of blanket cloud from around 600m upward, this clearing if rain clears.
Chance of cloud free summits?
90% in west, but 40% east
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sunshine increasingly west of M74, may stay dull for several hours further east. Excellent visibility in west, but poorer in any precipitation in the east through even here improving.
How Cold? (at 750m)
-1 or 0C, rising to 2C, staying elevated overnight on higher slopes.
Freezing Level
400-700m, lowest in east at first, though frosts in western sheltered lower slopes and valleys. Rising, above the summits by evening.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Saturday 7th March 2026
Last updated
Thu 5th Mar 26 at
4:37PM
How windy? (On the summits)
South to southeasterly 15 to 20mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small.
How Wet?
Precipitation not expected
Cloud on the hills?
Mostly little if any
Some cloud banks may drift onto higher slopes near the Solway, but most hills likely substantially clear.
Chance of cloud free summits?
80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Some patchy cloud toward south, otherwise good amounts of sun. Visibility very good or excellent.
How Cold? (at 750m)
4C, but some spots slightly colder in the morning.
Freezing Level
Slight frost some valleys and sheltered higher areas after dawn, otherwise above freezing to the tops.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Sunday 8th March 2026
Last updated
Thu 5th Mar 26 at
4:37PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Southerly 15 to 25mph
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly small
How Wet?
Risk of occasional rain.
Risk of occasional patches of rain, mostly for western areas.
Cloud on the hills?
May cover western tops
Uncertain detail, but cloud banks may cover higher terrain, mostly toward the Galloway hills.
Chance of cloud free summits?
50%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Broken to overcast cloud, giving a little patchy sun here and there. Marked haze.
How Cold? (at 750m)
4C
Freezing Level
Above the summits, but slight frost some valleys at dawn.
Planning Outlook
More cloud by Sunday as weak fronts encroach in from the west, some drizzly rain moving into parts of Scotland, hazy elsewhere. Patchy rain likely in the west at least early in the new week, likely dropping back just below freezing on the Munros for a time with some snowfall on higher areas. Winds fairly light early week, then a risk of strengthening southwesterly later in the week; changeable weather conditions with spells of rain coming in from the Atlantic. Remaining old snow cover on Scottish mountains stays largely consolidated with little change, only very patchy snow remains around highest tops in England and Wales.