We check out the mountain weather outlook for this weekend and it's looking hot, hot, hot, but with the possibility of isolated thundery rain plus a bit of wind to keep things cool.
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Weekend Weather 10-11 June '06
in association with
Acme
Suncream - proud suncream
suppliers to the outdoors glitterati.
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Fact of the Week!
The sun hasn't shone in the Peak District town of Glossop
for over 27 years.
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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.
'An awesome weekend in store for many areas, however
an encroaching area of low pressure pushing in from the West
is likely to destabilise air across parts of Ireland and the
South-west where heavy, thundery showers could develop on
Saturday.
On Sunday, the thundery risk spreads further East into
parts of the Midlands, but putting this in perspective,
you'd be unlucky to be caught in one of these showers.' - so
that's okay then :-)
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.
New the number of Scottish
forecast areas has been increased to give better coverage
and now includes the Southern Uplands in addition to the
main highland areas
Looking good - it'll be blowy, so a
bit of a cooling breeze then with a small risk of
thunderstorms in some areas, so don't go forgetting your
waterproof, but hot low down and warm on the tops, say
14-16C on high mountains and around 20C in the Peak. Nice.
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 fine day with
plenty of sunshine across the United Kingdom. The sunshine
will be somewhat hazy in the far west, with the chance of a
few thundery showers. Hot inland, cooler around
coasts.'
Sunday 'Apart from the odd
thundery shower across central and eastern parts, it will be
dry with lots of sunshine. Still hot in the east, but a
touch fresher in the west.'
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 'Largely dry and sunny.
Very warm or hot. Scattered thundery showers likely in the
far west..'
Sunday More loveliness, but chance
of rain in central parts.
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.
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Scorchio with a cooling breeze on the tops.
Possible scattered thundery showers.
Verdict Hot, hot, hot - which means 14-20 C
at the top of the mountain but much warmer in the valleys, but a
blustery wind should add a bit of welcome cooling in more exposed
places. The only fly in the ointment is a possibility of isolated
thundery showers, so pack a lightweight waterproof along with the
suncream and lots of fluids. 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.
