69% chance of a view, in and out of it all day.
Cloud base sits about 3 m above the summit, so the top should stay under a ceiling rather than in it.
Forecast for Friday 16 October, built 2026-10-16 16:22 UTC and rebuilt twice a day. A high number is close to reliable, a low one is barely better than a shrug: how reliable is this?
Fri 16 Oct
69%
in and out of it all day
Sat 17 Oct
94%
clear of the cloud
Sun 18 Oct
95%
clear of the cloud
The hill
- Lists
- Hewitt, Nuttall, Wainwright, Birkett, Fellranger
- Height
- 646 m (38 m of drop)
- Area
- Western Fells
- County
- Cumberland, England
- Grid ref
- NY225114
- OS Landranger
- 89, 90
- Summit
- cairn
Sun
- Sunrise
- 06:43 ESE
- Sunset
- 17:13 WSW
- Daylight
- 10.49 hours
About Base Brown
Base Brown is a fell in England's Lake District, near the head of the Borrowdale Valley. It forms one side of the Seathwaite Valley, and on the western side it is flanked by the hanging valley of Gillercomb.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Hour by hour, Friday 16 October
| Hour | View | Cloud base | Temp | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06:00 | 52% | 523 m | 4.9° | 13 WNW |
| 08:00 | 51% | 466 m | 4.6° | 16 WNW |
| 10:00 | 69% | 613 m | 5.3° | 15 WNW |
| 12:00 | 56% | 649 m | 5.4° | 16 WNW |
| 14:00 | 82% | 956 m | 5.6° | 20 WNW |
| 16:00 | 67% | 744 m | 5.6° | 18 NW |
| 18:00 | 75% | 782 m | 5.3° | 19 NNW |
| 20:00 | 65% | 586 m | 4.9° | 20 NNW |
Nearby
Brandreth · Green Gable · Grey Knotts · Seathwaite Fell · Great Gable · Glaramara
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