Whinlatter Visitor Centre (Cumbria) weather

Headline:

Sunshine and showers. Turning colder and windier mid-week.

Today:

Any remaining overnight rain easing across Cumbria. Otherwise, gradually brightening up but with further showers, these becoming heavier and more widespread by the evening. Winds staying light. Maximum temperature 16 °C.

Tonight:

Further heavy, possibly thundery showers this evening and overnight, merging to give longer spells of rain. Breezy across Cumbria by dawn. Minimum temperature 8 °C.

Wednesday:

A damp day on Wednesday with spells of rain sinking southwards. Turning windier through the day and feeling colder by the evening with a touch of frost overnight. Maximum temperature 14 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Chilly start on Thursday but drier with sunny spells. Scattered showers on Friday and Saturday. Breezy at times and colder with frost and fog patches overnight.

Remaining rather cold, cold in the north, but with areas of blustery showers likely spreading across much of the country with some more wintry spells over the mountains of Scotland on Saturday. Later in the weekend a more settled spell for a time is expected, along with early mist or fog, before increasing cloud and rain from the west marks a return to average temperatures, potentially rather warm at times in the south, however the new week also bringing longer spells of cloud and rain. Windiest in the northwest, generally light to moderate otherwise. Some bright spells for most as systems clear but the best of the bright weather to be found in the southeast, though even here rain likely at times through the week as fronts cross.

Initially some remains of a more progressive weather pattern with fronts moving in from the west or northwest, with drier conditions in the south and east. It is possible that these drier conditions could be seen more widely later in the month as higher pressure further north extends southwards. This would also bring an increased chance of overnight fog and frost. Temperatures will tend to be close to average overall in the south, but probably below average in the north and northwest. Toward November returning Atlantic fronts more likely again, but some signs of more settled weather remaining in the south.