Lake District
The entire Lake District National Park, taking in all major summits, including Scafell, Helvellyn, Skiddaw, the Langdales and Old Man of Coniston.
Thursday's Forecast
Gale force, walking arduous
Considerable buffeting, walking into the wind will be strenuous on exposed terrain, stronger gusts may knock you off your feet. 40 to 55mph.
Mostly dry, partly cloudy
Dry most or all day. Variable amounts of sun and cloud, occasional patches drifting onto some higher slopes, but most summits often clear.
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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Gale force, walking arduous
Considerable buffeting, walking into the wind will be strenuous on exposed terrain, stronger gusts may knock you off your feet. 40 to 55mph.
Mostly dry, partly cloudy
Dry most or all day. Variable amounts of sun and cloud, occasional patches drifting onto some higher slopes, but most summits often clear.
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
Thursday 2nd May 2024
Last updated
Wed 1st May 24 at
4:30PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Gusty easterly winds, turbulent near and west of major summits. Very warm for western Scotland with strong sunshine. Fog banks for eastern and central Highlands tending to break up, but may linger for Borders. Mostly dry northern England and Eryri, but thundery rain for south and possibly mid-Wales.
Headline for Lake District
Very gusty wind. Dry, sun and patchy cloud.
How windy? (On the summits)
Easterly 30mph to suddenly gusty 50mph around some tops, powerful gusts in passes and downslope to west.
Effect of the wind on you?
Widely very blustery, but expect sudden buffeting making walking arduous in places not just on higher terrain.
How Wet?
Rain unlikely
Chance of a little drizzle if around patchy cloud banks.
Cloud on the hills?
Mostly little, local patches for a time
Most fells clear, an odd patch of cloud clinging to some slopes occasionally, mainly east or northeastern areas in the morning.
Chance of cloud free summits?
80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sun and thin high cloud; beware sunburn. Very good visibility, possible slight haze.
How Cold? (at 750m)
8C to locally above 10C in west. Feeling close to freezing directly in wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits
Viewing Forecast For
Lake District
Friday 3rd May 2024
Last updated
Wed 1st May 24 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Easterly 15 to 25mph in morning, tending to ease out in the afternoon.
Effect of the wind on you?
Blustery conditions in the morning, but tending to ease out in the afternoon.
How Wet?
Risk of rain turning persistent
Patchy rain in the morning, but some places dry for a few hours. Increasing risk of drizzle or steady rain developing to become persistent, especially by evening.
Cloud on the hills?
Increasingly extensive
Varied banks of low cloud, risk becoming more extensive with time. Highest bases and best breaks across western fells.
Chance of cloud free summits?
40%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Overcast cloud layers most likely. Visibility often poor should rain set in.
How Cold? (at 750m)
8 to 10C, highest in the west.
Freezing Level
Above the summits
Viewing Forecast For
Lake District
Saturday 4th May 2024
Last updated
Wed 1st May 24 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the summits)
South to southwesterly, likely to vary, often 15 to 25mph, risk gusty 30mph at times.
Effect of the wind on you?
Varied over the fells, risk blustery for periods over exposed higher terrain.
How Wet?
Drizzle, occasional bursts of rain
Drizzly in hill fog, plus bursts of rain almost anywhere from early in the day, may tend to clear away northwestwards during the afternoon.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive, may lift and break
Blanket fog from many mid-slopes upward early in the day, some varied banks at different heights for periods. Tending to rise and some breaks forming in afternoon. Low cloud may linger southern areas.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20% rising to 40%
Sunshine and air clarity?
A little sun may start to break through into afternoon as cloud thins. Hazy, risk murky start, visibility tending to improve, perhaps only well into afternoon.
How Cold? (at 750m)
6 to 8C.
Freezing Level
Above the summits
Planning Outlook
Slow-moving weather patterns continue into the Bank Holiday weekend as a weak zone of low pressure drifts over the British Isles. There will remain uncertainty of local day-to-day detail, but most likely the wind often light and temperatures generally mild, but less warm than midweek in western Scotland. Low cloud, drizzle and scattered bursts of rain moving from northern England on Friday into the Highlands by Saturday. Then Sunday into Monday, varied zones of heavy showers forming, locally thundery, but some places escaping often dry with broken cloud and sun. High pressure then tends to build from the west into midweek to bring a fair amount of dry weather.