Bank Holiday Weekend Weather
Walter the Weathergirl casts his expert eye across the latest meteorological prognostications and decides it's a sun cream and waterproofs sort of weekend in store. Enjoy :-)
Posted: 29 April 2005
by Walter The Weathergirl
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May Bank Holiday
Weekend Weather
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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.
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Metcheck
for good overviews as well as a
mountain
forecast that allows
you to select indidual peaks throughout the UK with
a 72-hour graphic summary of conditions hour by
hour plus a load of other interesting
stuff.
Right now, Metcheck is still
mired in Thursday which, apparently, was windy with
moderate rain. Loads of forecast data there though,
with detailed 48-hour forecasts, 1-7 day ones, 8-14
and lots more. Looking hot for the weekend with
temperatures seemingly peaking on
Sunday.
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Mountain
Weather Information
Service has a
great downloadable mountain-specific
forecast for Eastern and Western
Highlands, Peak District and
Lakes in PDF format. Plus a Snowdonia
forecast. The Peak and Snowdonia forecasts are now
restricted to weekend forecasts and go ou ton
Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Check specific forecasts. A
mixed sort of weekend with somebuffeting winds on
high ground and, as a plume of warm air pushes
north across the UK later in the weekend, the
likelihood of thundery weather
developing.
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Met
Office For localised
five-day forecasts use this
page.
Saturday ' England and Wales
starting cloudy and misty with rain in the north. Becoming
dry everywhere with some sunshine developing. Scotland and
N.Ireland rather cloudy with some rain at times. '
Sunday Getting warmer with sunny
spells.
Welsh Mountain Forecasts Useful
online forecasts covering the National Park areas of
Snowdonia
- and the Brecon
Beacons.
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BBC
Weather Site uses Met
Office data, but more user friendly.
Saturday ''Many places starting
off cloudy. Outbreaks of rain affecting northern and central
parts o fEngland and Wales moving north during the day.
Becoming brighter across England and Wales. Rather warm in
sunnier spots. "
Sunday 'Rain across Scotland and
NI moving away. England and Wales starting dry with sunny
spells. Showers developing across central and western parts,
these heavy and thundery at times in afternoon. Rather warm
or warm.'
BBC specific areas:
Fort
William / Kendal
/ Betws-y-Coed
/ Aviemore
/ Skipton
/ Glossop
(Peak) / Brecon
/ Milton
Keynes.
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Wasdaleweb
weather - Always worth a
loook just for the piccy from OM member Guy Newbold who
lives and works in Wasdale. See also the live webcam pics of
Scafell Pike and Great Gable.
The Wasdaleweb
Webcam now has a flashy new
camera for higher quality images and they looks great plus
there's now a new Scafell Pike web cam, which is currently
not working...
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Scottish
Avalanche Information Service
- The avalanche forecast is finished for the season, back
next winter.
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OUTDOORSmagic
web cam page Links to all the UK
mountain web cams we're aware of. 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. Ho
hum... Just updated with several new cams and fixed
links.
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Warm and getting warmer.
Watch out for thundery showers.
Verdict Looks a bit mixed, but the
good news is that it should be pretty warm from Sunday
onwards even though there's an associated risk of thundery
rain. You'll need wind protection on the tops as well, so
pack the sunscreen and the waterproofs and enjoy.
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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.
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