The Galloway hills eastward to the Lammermuir hills. The Cheviots (including higher hills within the adjacent Northumberland NP).
Southern Uplands
Tuesday 9th March 2021
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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 35-40mph. 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, rain by evening.
A scattering of showers, most of which will be in the morning. Heavy rain arriving in the evening, prolonged heavy falls focused on Dumfries & Galloway.
Most persistent western hills
Cloud varying in and out of showers. Often cloud extensive, but bases above some hill tops for periods. However, in and around showers, banks of cloud lowering onto hills above 600m, most persistent across Dumfries & Galloway.
30% west of the M74, 60% toward east.
Occasional shafts of sun. Visibility often very good, but poor in rain.
2C. By dusk, wind chill close to -12C on higher western summits.
Above the summits.
Southern Uplands
Wednesday 10th March 2021
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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, easing to showers for a time.
Rain at dawn, will ease to showers for a few hours, snow falling across tops, before further persistent rain arrives later in the day. Prolonged heavy falls Dumfries & Galloway.
Covering tops in rain.
Cloud covering higher tops above 700m or so in fog at times through the day; especially in and around rain.
40%
Rare shafts of sun, mostly in the east. Visibility good at times, but poor in rain.
0C at first, lifting to 3C.
700m at first, lifting above tops from southwest through day.
Southern Uplands
Thursday 11th March 2021
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Westerly 40 to 60mph.
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: often confined to higher summits above 700m. Briefly below 600m in showers. Breaks to higher tops mostly toward east.
50%
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.
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.