86% chance of a view, clear of the cloud.
Cloud base sits about 305 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
86%
clear of the cloud
Sat 17 Oct
95%
clear of the cloud
Sun 18 Oct
95%
clear of the cloud
The hill
- Lists
- Wainwright, Fellranger
- Height
- 487 m (148 m of drop)
- Area
- Far Eastern Fells
- County
- Westmorland and Furness, England
- Grid ref
- NY403051
- OS Landranger
- 90
- Summit
- rock 3m W of cairn
Sun
- Sunrise
- 06:42 ESE
- Sunset
- 17:11 WSW
- Daylight
- 10.49 hours
About Baystones
Wansfell is a fell in English Lake District situated 1+1⁄2 miles east of the town of Ambleside. The fell is part of the long southern ridge of Caudale Moor and occupies the swath of territory between Ambleside and the Troutbeck valley.
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Hour by hour, Friday 16 October
| Hour | View | Cloud base | Temp | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06:00 | 81% | 566 m | 6.2° | 11 WNW |
| 08:00 | 60% | 552 m | 5.9° | 7 NW |
| 10:00 | 81% | 757 m | 6.7° | 7 WNW |
| 12:00 | 80% | 792 m | 6.6° | 10 WNW |
| 14:00 | 88% | 903 m | 7.1° | 9 WNW |
| 16:00 | 85% | 867 m | 7.0° | 9 NW |
| 18:00 | 94% | none | 6.9° | 11 NW |
| 20:00 | 87% | 720 m | 6.2° | 8 NNW |
Nearby
Troutbeck Tongue · Sour Howes · Sallows · Red Screes · Yoke · Low Pike
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