High Street (Cumbria) weather

Headline:

Morning drizzle for some, then dry and sunny later.

Today:

Generally cloudy this morning with outbreaks of light rain and drizzle in places. Turning brighter by noon with sunny spells developing more widely through this afternoon. Feeling cooler, especially in the breeze, but still pleasant enough in the sunshine. Maximum temperature 17 °C.

Tonight:

Clouding over this evening with rain arriving across Cumbria and Lancashire. This turning heavy at times through the early hours and edging south too. Becoming windy, but staying quite mild. Minimum temperature 11 °C.

Tuesday:

A windy day with the strongest winds in coastal areas. A band of showery rain clearing south through the morning, with sunnier skies and isolated showers following from the north. Maximum temperature 16 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Sunny spells and showers on Wednesday and Thursday, these heavy in places. Feeling particularly cool in the brisk northwesterly winds, and rather chilly overnight. Drier with lighter winds by Friday.

Many areas will be dry at first under a ridge of high pressure, although an increasing chance of cloud, rain and strengthening winds in at least northwestern areas by and during the weekend, with the best of any lengthy drier and brighter spells in southern and eastern parts. After a cool start to the period, temperatures will recover during the weekend as a westerly flow becomes established. While confidence is low, by the middle of next week there are signs that high pressure may become increasingly influential on the weather across the UK, and potentially becoming rather warm in places. That said, some rain or showers are still possible, more especially in the south and/or far northwest.

The focus for wetter weather overall is more likely to return to north and especially northwestern areas, whilst southern and eastern areas have a greater chance of being drier relative to earlier in the month. Temperatures are likely to be around average overall, though with greater potential for brief spells of warm weather in the south.