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Weekend
Weather - April 10-11, 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.
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
'Further west is where the best of the sunshine and temperatures will
be, and this is good news for the Grand National set to be held at
Aintree on Saturday where it looks like it will be a fine and warm
day.' |
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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 and Snowdonia forecasts are
available three days, from Thursday through to Saturday.
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 Intermittently gusty in
wet and nw highlands but even there, little effect on walkers.
Elsewhere low winds, dry, little cloud, extensive sunshine and
tempertatures on the tops around 7-8˚C.
Sunday
Same again.
Outlook 'Unbroken
sun for many mountain areas throughout the weekend, and cloud well
broken even where it forms. Daytime temperatures highest on Sunday,
with 20C in parts of the Scottish Highlands. Still fine and settled
through much of next week, but as wind drift into the northeast or
north, it will turn colder, and banks of cloud (at times covering
higher areas) will be persistent for periods, particularly toward the
east. Generally light winds. The still substantial snow across much of
the Scottish Highlands will thaw by day, particularly over the weekend,
but the thaw will slow markedly by Tuesday.'
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: Warm, sunny, fine unless you
live by the sea in Lincolnshire.
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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: Dry, bright, sunny, light winds,
good visibility. Well above freezing on the tops, winds slightly higher
in northern highlands.
Sunday More of the same.
Check individual forecasts for details.
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Met Office
General Forecast
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Forecast
Saturday: 'Another
fine and often sunny day for many parts of the UK, the exception being
southeast England which will see an increasing amount of cloud through
the afternoon.'
Sunday to Tuesday: 'Continuing settled and dry for most
places, although cloud is likely to increase through the period,
particularly in Scotland and southeast England. Increasingly windy in
the far south.' |
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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
Midges going to sleep for winter, or whatever midges do. The midge
forecast is back next year. The
forecast is also available on YouTube. |
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Scottish
Avalanche Information Service
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Forecast
Back for winter and revamped too with new graphics and colour coding.
Latest forecasts are mostly moderate with some localised instabilities.
Snow will be thawing during the day at all levels.
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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.
Sunny, bright,
clean, light winds, good visibility.
Winter apears
to be over.
Looks like spring on the hills
this weekend with summit temperatures forecast to be around 7-8˚C, low
winds, mostly unbroken sunshine, good visibility and an all-round thaw
on Scottish hills. Don't forget the sun cream and enjoy.
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.
