Southern Uplands
The Galloway hills eastward to the Lammermuir hills. The Cheviots (including higher hills within the adjacent Northumberland NP).
Today's Forecast
Moderate breeze, locally gusty
A noticeable breeze, feeling cool where exposed on tops. Locally may be gusty, but unlikely to affect walking progress. 15-25mph.
Patchy rain or drizzle
Rain on and off, or generally drizzly - total amounts small, but may be persistently damp, especially where hills are shrouded in cloud.
Chilly
Air temperature typically 4 to 8C on higher summits. Feeling distinctly chilly on tops when stationary or where exposed to wind. Take appropriate layers.
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Moderate breeze, locally gusty
A noticeable breeze, feeling cool where exposed on tops. Locally may be gusty, but unlikely to affect walking progress. 15-25mph.
Patchy rain or drizzle
Rain on and off, or generally drizzly - total amounts small, but may be persistently damp, especially where hills are shrouded in cloud.
Chilly
Air temperature typically 4 to 8C on higher summits. Feeling distinctly chilly on tops when stationary or where exposed to wind. Take appropriate layers.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Thursday 5th June 2025
Last updated
Thu 5th Jun 25 at
8:02AM
Summary for all mountain areas
Still cold, particularly Scottish Highlands where in morning higher summits below freezing point. Here showery, particularly NW - hail, and snow higher tops. Further south rain on and off morning before improving to sunshine and scattered showers. Much less windy - still strongest N Scotland.
Headline for Southern Uplands
Fairly light wind. Still chilly. Risk of a little rain, mainly morning.
How windy? (On the summits)
Southwest veering westerly 20mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Small.
How Wet?
A few showers; possibly wet for an hour or two morning
Scattered or isolated showers afternoon. Possibly in the morning steer light rain over an hour or so near the Solway.
Cloud on the hills?
All clearing afternoon
Morning: Cloud on higher slopes at times; where rain occurs, cloud base will drop, perhaps below 400m Galloway. Afternoon: All or almost all clearing.
Chance of cloud free summits?
40% morning to 90% afternoon
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patches of sun, mainly afternoon. Excellent visibility by afternoon.
How Cold? (at 750m)
6C.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Friday 6th June 2025
Last updated
Thu 5th Jun 25 at
8:02AM
How windy? (On the summits)
West backing southwesterly 15mph
Effect of the wind on you?
Small
How Wet?
Risk of showers
Showers: very few morning, then through afternoon showers more widely, some heavy.
Cloud on the hills?
Clearing most or probably all summits by afternoon
Cloud base rising; by late morning most cloud above the summits.
Chance of cloud free summits?
90% by midday
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patches of sunshine, although particularly morning, mostly cloudy Galloway. Excellent visibility.
How Cold? (at 750m)
5C near the coast, rising to 7 to 10C, warmest east of M74.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Southern Uplands
Saturday 7th June 2025
Last updated
Thu 5th Jun 25 at
8:02AM
How windy? (On the summits)
Direction varied, 10mph or less morning. From the west becoming northwesterly 10 to perhaps by evening 20mph or 25mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Small or negligible.
How Wet?
Heavy slow moving showers; thunder
Risk rain on and off in some areas morning. Then heavy showers forming and drifting about only slowly. Hail and small risk thunder.
Cloud on the hills?
Summits cloud free for periods, but forming from lower slopes in rain.
Confidence in detail low: Many summits probably clearing for periods as through morning cloud base rises. But in rain, very varied as patches form from lower slopes up, particularly above forest canopies - whilst in other areas breaks persist to higher slopes.
Chance of cloud free summits?
60%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sunshine coming through only rarely. Excellent or superb visibility in very clear air, but expect areas of very poor visibility in and after rain.
How Cold? (at 750m)
5C rising to 9C.
Freezing Level
Above the summits
Planning Outlook
Remaining chilly until Sunday night (intermittently near freezing point highest Scottish summits). Rainfall and low cloud will remain frequent across particularly western mountains until well into next week. Intermittently windy.