The entire Lake District National Park, taking in all major summits, including Scafell, Helvellyn, Skiddaw, the Langdales and Old Man of Coniston. Also includes the Howgill Fells east of Kendal (the NW extension of Yorks Dales).
Lake District
Tuesday 9th March 2021
Last updated
Monday 8th March 2021 at
3:36 PM
A weak front moves away northeast, with early areas of rain tending to break up and clear. Low cloud may persist around western mountains of Britain. Southerly winds strengthening later ahead of heavy rain setting in by evening into night, soonest in western Scotland.
A few showers morning. Wind increasing to gales by evening.
Southwesterly 15 to 25mph; will increase toward dusk to 35mph. Reaching 50-60mph into evening and night.
May impede walking at times across higher slopes; later in the day becoming fairly arduous. Deteriorating further from sunset.
Occasional showers.
A scattering of showers, most of which will be in the morning. May leave residual drizzly showers on west/southern fells where low cloud persists. Heavy rain arriving in the evening onward into night.
Fairly extensive higher slopes.
Cloud likely shrouding the fells fairly extensively above 700-900m; especially in and around showers, lowest and most persistent south/west Lakes. Some occasional breaks; mostly occurring in the afternoon toward northern and eastern fells.
20% rising to 40% afternoon north.
Often cloudy, but some patches of sun here and there. Visibility often very good, but poor in rain.
2C. By dusk, wind chill close to -12C on higher higher summits.
Above the summits.
Lake District
Wednesday 10th March 2021
Last updated
Monday 8th March 2021 at
3:36 PM
Uncertainty: Southwest 20-30mph, risk 40mph for periods; mainly around dawn. After dusk, widespread upland gales.
Will impede walking across higher slopes though the day, perhaps at times arduous; later in the day becoming difficult.
Rain, but a drier spell for a time.
Varied through day as fronts move slowly across the area: Likely periods of heavy rain; most likely around dawn, when snow tops, and again later in the day, but a drier spell for a time.
Covering higher slopes.
Cloud covering higher slopes above 600-800m in fog for much of the day. Perhaps some breaks away from rain.
20%
Rare shafts of sun, mostly in the east. Visibility good at times, but poor in rain.
0C at first, lifting to 3 or 4C.
Above the summits.
Lake District
Thursday 11th March 2021
Last updated
Monday 8th March 2021 at
3:36 PM
West or southwesterly, 40 to 60mph, risk 80mph for a time around dawn.
Difficult conditions across higher terrain through the day. Significant wind chill.
Frequent hail or snow
Heavy overnight rain. Then clusters of showers coming in from the west, may merge to near-constant precipitation for periods. Hail, and snow at times falling below 600m. Risk isolated thunder.
Varied, often capping high tops
Cloud bases changing quickly between showers: often covering higher fells above 800m. Patches forming below 500m in showers, perhaps more widely at first. Breaks to higher tops mostly toward east.
30%
Brief bursts of sun away from showers. General slight haze, sometimes very good visibility, but suddenly reduced by showers.
0 or -1C, perhaps a few degrees higher just at first.
Lowering to around 700m.
Very unsettled through the middle of this week as a series of low pressure systems move to the north of Britain. Persistent gale force winds across the mountains, stormy at times. Heavy rain will make western areas very wet underfoot. Temperatures falling below freezing on higher mountains, particularly by Thursday, resulting in some fresh snow accumulations on tops. Heavy showers will also contain hail and a risk of thunder. Scottish mountains likely to stay sub-zero into the weekend, with some freeze and thaw cycles elsewhere. Into next week, indications favour an improvement from the south as high pressure rebuilds.