The entire Yorkshire Dales National Park and North Pennines AONB, including the Three Peaks and Cross Fell, also south to Forest of Bowland and Ilkley Moor.
Yorkshire Dales and North Pennines
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 late evening.
Southwesterly 15 to 25mph; will increase toward dusk to 35mph. Reaching 50-60mph into night.
May impede walking at times across higher slopes; later in the day becoming fairly arduous. Deteriorating further after dark.
Occasional showers.
A scattering of showers, most of which will be in the morning. Heavy rain arriving after sunset onward into night.
Most persistent western Yorks Dales.
Cloud varying in and out of showers. Often cloud extensive, but bases above hill tops for periods. However, in and around showers, banks of cloud lowering onto hills above 600m, most persistent around Ingleborough and Howgills.
30% western Yorks Dales, 60% elsewhere.
Occasional shafts of sun. Visibility often very good, but poor in rain.
2C
Rising to 5 to 7C.
Yorkshire Dales and North Pennines
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 rain, sometimes heavy; most likely around dawn, when snow northern tops, and again later, but a drier spell for a time.
Covering tops.
Cloud covering higher tops above 600m or so in fog much of the day; especially in and around rain.
30%
Rare shafts of sun, mostly in the east. Visibility good at times, but poor in rain.
0C at first, lifting to 3 or 4C.
Lifting to 5 to 7C
Yorkshire Dales and North Pennines
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.
Hail or snow showers
Heavy overnight rain. Then clusters of showers coming in from the west, locally very frequent for periods. Hail, and snow at times falling below 600m. Risk isolated thunder.
Varied, mostly higher tops
Cloud bases changing quickly between showers: mostly confined to higher tops above 700-800m. Patches forming below 600m in showers, perhaps more widely at first and around Ingleborough.
40%
Bursts of sun away from showers. Often very good visibility, but suddenly reduced by showers.
0 or -1C, perhaps a few degrees higher just at first.
5 to 7C
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.