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Lake District MOUNTAIN WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICE www.mwis.org.uk Lake District The entire Lake District National Park, taking in all major summits, including Scafell, Helvellyn, Skiddaw, the Langdales and Old Man of Coniston. Also includes the Howgill Fells east of Kendal (the NW extension of Yorks Dales). Wheelwrights Cottages provide a wide range of self-catering accommodation around Langdale and beyond to suit all requirements. Please call us on 015394 37635 for details or go to www.wheelwrights.com General Summary for Wednesday, 29 May, 2019 British Mountain Summary: Based on forecast chart for noon 29 May, 2019 Deteriorating from the southwest as rain, very low cloud and strength- ening wind extends initially across Wales. The change will only slowly spread into the Scottish Highlands where predominantly dry with summits cloud free - before rain and low cloud reach southern hills. Headline for Lake District Deteriorating as rain, low cloud and strengthening wind extends east. Detailed Forecast for Wednesday, 29 May, 2019 How windy? (On the Southerly, 15mph post dawn. By midday 25mph, then abruptly 35, perhaps temporarily summits) 40mph. Effect of wind on Fairly small morning; then walking frequently arduous on higher areas. you? How wet? Rain, mainly afternoon (Precipitation and its Rain and drizzle rarely morning; then on and off afternoon. A few heavy bursts. impact) Little rain northeastern fells. Cloud on the hills? Blanket of fog extending eastwards Summits, particularly north Lakes, probably cloud free for a few hours morning. Will deteriorate as fog fills in across west & south Lakes before midday and elsewhere soon after midday. In south Lakes and by late afternoon western fells elsewhere, fog from just above the valleys up, and dropping to 450m elsewhere. Chance of cloud Dropping to almost nil from west by early afternoon free summits? Sunshine? Early sunshine will soon give way as cloud thickens. Air clarity (below Visibility initially superb but extensively poor by midday. cloud) How Cold? (at 750m) 3C rising to 6C. Freezing Level Above the summits. Visit us at www.mwis.org.uk Page 1 of 2 Live LD 2019-05-29 2019-05-31 MOUNTAIN WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICE www.mwis.org.uk Lake District - Looking Ahead Thursday 30 May Friday 31 May How windy? (On the West or southwesterly 35 to locally 45mph Southwesterly 30 to 40mph. summits) Effect of wind on Walking arduous on higher areas, Walking arduous on higher areas; local you? though locally sudden gusts lower sudden gusts lower slopes, particularly slopes. through passes and cols. How wet? Drizzly rain, may fall most of day Frequent rain and drizzle (Precipitation and its Drizzle and rain, perhaps falling most of Drizzle most or all day western and impact) the day. southern fells; very little northeastern fells. However, on northeastern Lakeland fells, Additionally, there may be pulses of rain, there may frequently be little more than perhaps heavy, lasting a few hours (at drizzle now and again. present some uncertainty as to its extent). Cloud on the hills? Blanketing even many lower slopes Almost blanket fog Fog constantly covering the fells, widely Mountains persistently covered from lower forming lower slopes up across south and slopes up - or almost sea level toward west Cumbria. south and west facing coasts. On northeastern fells cloud base higher, Northeastern fells will fare best with only frequently around 600m. fragments below 450m, and main cloud base around 600m. Chance of cloud 10% 10% free summits? Sunshine? Rare pockets of sunshine near Eden Sunshine unlikely. Air clarity (below valley. Widely poor visibility. cloud) Extensive poor visibility although sometimes very good visibility northeastern valleys. How Cold? (at 10C 10C. 750m) Freezing Level Above the summits. Above the summits. Planning Outlook All mountain areas of Britain from Thursday, 30 May, 2019 Low pressure will dominate the weather over the coming week. Until the end of the weekend, wettest conditions will be in western Scotland, although fog will shroud many western mountains from lower slopes up. After a rise in temperature, it will become relatively cold on and mountains early next week - when highest tops in Scotland may well have sleet or snow. Forecast issued at 7:21 on Wednesday, 29 May, 2019 Forecasts are issued daily by 16:30 and are kept under review and amended as necessary. However, expected conditions can still change after issue. © Copyright Geoff Monk & Associates, 2019. Visit us at www.mwis.org.uk Page 2 of 2 Live LD 2019-05-29 2019-05-31.
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