Weekend Mountain Weather Outlook
Our regular Friday morning look at what the forecasters are predicting for the mountains this weekend and, for once, the word that comes to mind is... Scorchio!
Posted: 14 July 2006
by Walter the Weather Girl
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Weekend Weather
15th - 16th July '06
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Fact of the Week!
Florida averages
300 days of full
sunshine per year
which is more than
lots of places in
the UK put
together...
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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 of localised areas based 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.
They say: 'Into the weekend and
the skies remain blue and the wind eases off allowing
temperatures to rise across many Central and
Southern areas.
'Saturday should see 25°c
reached, especially across sheltered Southern and
South-western areas. On Sunday, after another chilly start
for Northern areas, temperatures will again bounce back,
with 28°c widely across much of
England.'
Nice weekend then, with next week looking
'hot, hot, hot' possibly with 30 degree plus temperatures
all week.
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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Mountain
Weather Information
Service has 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. The Peak and
Snowdonia forecasts are now restricted to weekend forecasts
and go out on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Worth wading
through the increasingly cluttered lay-out.
They say: Rain very unlikely
everywhere, negligible effect of wind on walkers, 80-90
per-cent chance of cloud-free tops, temperatures on the tops
13C plus, prolonged sunshine.
As good as it gets pretty much
everywhere. Temperatures up top should be pleasant compared
with the heat fest forecast for the valleys.
Check individual forecasts for specific
details. Arguably the best mountain-specific forecast out
there by a way.
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BBC
Weather Site uses Met
Office data, but more user friendly. 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.
Saturday 'Another sunny and warm
day virtually nationwide. Still breezy across southern
England. Meanwhile cloud may cover the far northwest of
Scotland.'
Sunday 'Rain likely in the far
north of Scotland. The rest of the UK will have another
sunny day. It will feel very warm, especially
inland.'
Scorchio, though note the provisos about
rain in the far north of Scotland on Sunday.
BBC specific areas:
Fort
William / Kendal
/ Betws-y-Coed
/ Aviemore
/ Skipton
/ Glossop
(Peak) / Brecon
/ Milton
Keynes.
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Met
Office For localised
five-day forecasts use this
page. See weather for the
next
week.
Saturday 'Mist soon clearing.
Mostly sunny. Breezy in south and far north. Cloud, patchy
rain reaching far northwest.'
Sunday Rain from west,
windy.
Welsh Mountain Forecasts Useful
online forecasts covering the National Park areas of
Snowdonia
- and the Brecon
Beacons.
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Scottish
Avalanche Information Service
- The last daily avalanche forecast for the season has been
and gone. In the winter there are avalanche and climbing
condition reports for five major Scottish climbing areas -
Lochaber, northern and southern Cairngorms, Glencoe and
Creag Meagaidh. But we don't want to think about that for a
while yet ...
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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.
We'll overhaul this page shortly as some of the links
aren't functioning or the cameras have disappeared - nicked?
You have to hope not ;-)
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Dry, clear, sunny.
Chance of Sunday rain in very far north of Scotland.
Verdict Looks like being a cracking weekend
pretty much everywhere with unbroken sunshine in many areas, light
winds and great visibility on the tops. Bear in mind that although it
will be very hot in the valleys, temperatures higher up will be
lower, particularly if the sun has a rest. Remember to pack the
sunblock and take care to stay hydrated.
Have a good one.
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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