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Weekend
Weather - September 4-5, 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.
This week's front page weather
photo is a properly atmospheric take on Skiddaw by John 2 from the OM
Gallery - nice cloudscape fella.
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
'A quiet weekend lies ahead as the area of high pressure that has given
the fine conditions this week continues to dominate our weather.
However, an Atlantic low pressure system will try to push into western
areas, bringing some rain here and freshening winds to many areas by
Sunday. ' |
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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/Dales and Snowdonia forecasts
are
now available all week.
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 Alittle blowy in many
mountain areas, think 15-25mph or so but with local gusts of 40mph or
so, which will give sudden buffeting on exposed ridges. Scotland mostly
dry with sunshine and very good visibility. Similar in Lakes and North
Wales but with possible bursts of rain late in the day. Temps up top
around 12˚C or so - nice and mild in other words.
Sunday
Blowy again with some buffeting, maybe some rain early on but clearing
and mostly dry and mild with reasonable though hazy visibility and
patchy sunshine.
Outlook 'At
least until Wednesday the weather will be finely balanced between fine,
warm conditions associated with a large area of high pressure over
Scandinavia and belts of rain or thundery showers circulating round low
pressure SW of Ireland.
'Wet weather may even reach as far NE as Scotland around
Saturday night. Further bands of rain will move slowly northeast across
Wales and England around Tuesday but should begin to get pushed away
westwards as strong winds become more easterly on Wednesday. Just a
hint of some fine, warm weather with light winds later in the week. .'
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: Saturday gets decent spells
of sunshine and mostly dry, though rain pushing in to Northern Ireland.
Sunday staying fine with further sunny spells.
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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: Less optomistic than MWIS for once,
but breezy, mostly dry, hazy sunshine, possibly some rain late on in
North Wales pretty much sums it up.
Sunday: More
of the same, though maybe a little light rain to start with.
Check individual forecasts for details.
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Met Office
General Forecast
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Forecast
Saturday:
'Early mist and fog will clear quickly. Eastern areas may see some low
cloud, while other parts will have rather hazy sunshine. Northern
Ireland will turn wet from afternoon onwards.'
Sunday to Tuesday: 'Western
areas will have rain at times through the period, occasionally turning
heavy especially on Monday and Tuesday. Elsewhere mainly dry but more
cloud at times. Southeasterly winds becoming strong.' |
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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
The midge forecast is back and so are the midges As ever, the advice is
to avoid Glencoe and Fort William where levels are now '5' or 'Nuisance
Levels' as are Ullapool and Torridon this week. Things get better as
you head further east.
The forecast
is also available on YouTube
though not for 2010 at the moment, good if you want to know how things
were last August though. There's also now a free iPhone app. |
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Scottish
Avalanche Information Service
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Forecast
Finished for the season.
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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.
Mostly good
visibility, mostly dry, mild on the tops too.
The odd blowy
gust plus some showers late Saturday / early Sunday.
Looking pretty damn decent. It's going to be mostly dry with mostly
patchy sunshine and good, though hazy visibility if you believe the
forecasts. There will be some gusty winds high up, so mind yourself on
narrow ridges and the odd shower late on Saturday in western parts like
Snowdonia. Mostly though, looking good. Have a great weekend.
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.
