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Weekend
Weather - July 31-August 1, 2010
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Our regular Friday round-up of what's in store for the weekend. Just
check the links for the relevant weather forecasts and if you want to
know how things look in a particular area right now, check out the
OM
web cams page
for a selection of hill
cams. And whatever you do, have a good one.
This week's front page weather
photo is a cracker of folk throwing themselves to their doom off the
cantilever, or something like that, by Maria from the OM
Gallery.
About
Metcheck:
good overviews of localised
areas based predominately on a number of meteorological models. Loads
of quirky options for stuff like rain forecasts plus offbeat,
leftfield weather generalisations. Get stuck in and have a browse,
there's a lot on this site.
You can check out individual
areas or dig a bit
deeper for the Mountain
Forecast
page or the Climbing
Forecast
page. The Seven-Day
Charts
give a handy overview
too.
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Forecast
'The cloud and rain will clear most parts tonight [Friday] although
very little rain is expected across central and southern areas of
England. Fresher and clearer conditions will follow in from the west
although there will be some showers around western coasts.
'Looking at Saturday and the southeast may well be rather cloudy with a
little rain for much of the morning, but will then join the rest of the
country in a brighter picture with a scattering of showers being blown
in on a west/north-westerly wind. Sunday looks to see more of the same
with the best of the dry and bright weather likely to be towards
southern districts..' |
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Mountain
Weather Information Service
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About
the Mountain Weather Information
Service:
great downloadable
mountain-specific forecasts for NW, W and SE Highlands, Cairngorms,
Southern Uplands, Peak District and Lakes in PDF format. Plus a
Snowdonia forecast. Scottish forecasts are seven days a week, the
Lakes are six days a week and the Peak/Dales and Snowdonia forecasts
are
now available all week.
Check individual forecasts for
specific details.
Arguably the best mountain-specific forecast out there by a way .
Production is now fully funded by the Scottish Government in the
interests of mountain safety with operating and development down to
commercial sponsorship.
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Forecasts
Saturday Showery and rainy north of
the border, showers, cloud, the odd glimpse of sunshine and around 8˚C
on the tops. Drier further south with just a few showers in Peak,
Lakes, Dales and North Wales. Winds between around 10-20 mph in most
areas having little effect on walkers.
Sunday
Drizzly showers pretty much everywhere, the odd burst of sunshine,
visibility generally good though with cloud on high ground in many
areas.
Outlook 'For
most mountain areas, total rainfall will remain fairly small over the
coming week, although western hills in the Scottish Highlands
will continue to have rain almost daily. Low cloud will remain
extensive overall, particularly on western mountains, but
cloud will break off higher summits for periods elsewhere. Winds will
mostly be fairly light. '
Check specific forecasts for details as the weekend
progresses.
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About
BBC Weather:
Just been revamped for the summer, weird stuff
but easy access to a lot more information including rain forecasts,
cloud, wind, temperature, visibility etc. Nice. Localised forecasts
accessible from the same page.
If you want video, check out
the BBC
Weather
Player
with a selection of
forecasts.
BBC specific areas:
Fort
William / Kendal
/ Betws-y-Coed
/ Aviemore
/ Skipton
/ Glossop
(Peak) / Brecon
/ Milton
Keynes.
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Forecast The
Beeb's gone all pictorial, so no
text forecast for the UK, leastways not one we can find. Oooh, hang on,
righthand side under 'Summary', same as the Met Office summary - see
below. Detailed
local forecasts on web.
Weekend
from iPlayer forecast: Saturday starting cloudy with
showers particularly across the north, skies will brighten later,
showers across Scotland then moving across NI and northern England
later in the day. Sunday, more showers.
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Met Office
Mountain Forecasts
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About
the Met Office: The
giants of weather
forecasting in the UK, the Met Office also provides mountain
forecasts covering major UK mountain areas - east and west
Highlands, Lakes, Snowdonia, Dales - just added - Peak and the Brecon
Beacons. Detailed forecasts for each day
are posted early
morning - 5 am - plus there's a short outlook section for the next
two days.
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Forecast
Saturday: Brighter day with sunny
intervals and a few showers and moderate visibility south of the
border, winds 25mph gusting to 35mph, Scotland similar but blowier with
temps up top around 10˚C.
Sunday: Cloudy
with showers again, mainly light northwesterly winds.
Check individual forecasts for details.
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Met Office
General Forecast
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Forecast
Saturday:
'Rain gradually clears southeastwards with many parts of England and
Wales seeing some sunny spells before the end of the day. Sunny spells
and showers for Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Sunday to Tuesday: 'Remaining
changeable with most places seeing some dry and sunny periods but with
showers or rain possible at times. Southern and eastern England likely
to be driest and brightest.' |
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Weatherline
- Lake District
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 About
weatherline:
Funded
by the Lake District National Park Authority, the service combines a
five-day forecast from the Met Office in Manchester with firsthand
information from the fell top assessors' daily climb up Helvellyn. Also
available by phone on 0844 846 2444
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Forecast
Felltop assessments are over for the season, though you can still find
a detailed Lakes forecast on the site.
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 About the Midge Forecast: Innovative midge
forecast covering the whole of Scotland and complete with interactive
map giving access to seven-day forecasts for main Scottish towns.
Midge-heads can also take advantage of extensive midge data which will
be updated each week.
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Forecast
The midge forecast is back and so are the midges As ever, the advice is
to avoid Glencoe and the NW Highlands generally if you don't like the
wee blighters, eastern areas and the coast tend to be better, but check
the forecast for specifics.
The forecast
is also available on YouTube
though not for 2010 at the moment, good if you want to know how things
were last August though. There's also now a free iPhone app. |
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Scottish
Avalanche Information Service
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Forecast
Finished for the season.
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About
Web Cams:
If there's one that we've
missed, please drop
us a line and we'll
add it to the page.
Good for getting a general idea of what the snow situation's like, if
the sun is shining, whether there's anywhere to park in Coniston etc.
Check the image you're viewing is
up to date as
they often seem to go down. Recently overhauled so most cameras
featured are actually working :-) If you find one isn't or have a new
addition we should know about, please let us know.
Some bright
sunny intervals and summit temperatures scraping into double digits.
Showers and
maybe even some lightning.
Sunshine, showers and mainly light winds sums it all up quite
succinctly. Have a good one and don't forget your waterproofs.
Obvious
Disclaimer Hey come on, we all know mountain weather's
unpredictable, and while the above forecasts and links are a guide to
what the weather may do, remember that mountain areas also tend to
generate their own conditions, temperatures are much cooler up top
than in the valleys and conditions can be totally different from down
in the valleys.
