Weekend Weather Outlook

Weekend Weather 2nd-3rd October '04 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 - see link further down the page - for a selection of hill cams. And whatever you do, have a good one. 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. A blustery, showery ? weekend followed by a rough of low pressure on Monday say the meteo heads at Metcheck 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 new Snowdonia forecast. They need sponsorship if the forecasts are to continue though. Check out the specific area you're interested in, but Saturday is generally very windy - that's windy enough to make walking hard up high - and showery, while wind speeds drop a bit on Sunday, but still blustery, again with rain. Next week doesn't look too clever either with low pressure arriving. Nevisport's mountain weather forecast covers the main UK mountain areas, updated twice a day and gives both a general overview and a three-day outlook with useful stats like wind speed, freezing levels and both valley and summit temperatures. Met Office outlook for Saturday Sunshine with blustery showers, especially towards the northwest. Drier in the east we think. Sunday more general cloud and rain, blustery again. For localised five-day forecasts use this page. Welsh Mountain Forecasts Excellent online forecasts covering the National Park areas of Snowdonia - and the Brecon Beacons.

BBC Weather Site Saturday Eastern areas get sunshine and occasional shower, showers widespread elsewhere. Sunday Very wet and windy pretty much everywhere, with loads of rain and wind particularly in the west. BBC specific areas: Fort William / Kendal / Betws-y-Coed / Aviemore / Skipton / Glossop (Peak) / Brecon / Milton Keynes.

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 flash new camera for higher quality images and they looks great plus there's now a new Scafell Pike web cam. Scottish Avalanche Information Service - The good old Avalanche Information Service has gone into hibernation for the summer now that winter's over, the birds are singing, spring is - allegedly - in the air and all that palaver. Can rain or midges avalanche? Nope...

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... There must be dry spells between the wet ones... Blustery, wet and getting wetter. Verdict Hey ho, a good weekend to go to southern Spain - Saturday is wet and blustery in the west, drier on the eastern side, so the Dales might be a good choice. Sunday cops more general rain, though slightly less windy, depending on who you choose to believe. Don't forget your shell clothing for wind and rain protection. 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.