Hartside Height (Cumbria) weather

Headline:

Further spells of wet and windy weather to come.

Today:

The morning will get off to a bright and breezy start. However, cloud will gradually thicken from the southwest with wet and increasingly windy weather arriving for the afternoon. Some heavy bursts of rain developing. A fairly mild day though. Maximum temperature 10 °C.

Tonight:

The evening will begin cloudy with blustery showers. The showers will ease overnight and some clear spells will develop, although the southwesterly wind will stay brisk and gusty. Staying frost-free. Minimum temperature 5 °C.

Friday:

Friday will bring a mix of sunshine and scattered showers. The showers should begin to die out later in the day. Feeling cool due to the breezy conditions. Maximum temperature 10 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

After a mostly fine start, it will turn windy on Saturday. Rain arriving later. Sunday and Monday look rather cloudy with further patchy rain, although the wind will ease somewhat.

Unsettled conditions are likely to continue at first, with low pressure probably centred somewhere to the southwest of the UK, whilst high pressure becomes established to the northeast. This means a broadly easterly flow will become increasingly dominant through next week, whilst periods of rain or showers become increasingly confined to southern or southwestern parts. With time, high pressure is signaled to become more dominant with more in the way of dry, settled weather anticipated though there could be some isolated showers to eastern parts, that could perhaps be wintry at times. Temperatures will lower compared to recent weeks, closer to or perhaps a little below average for many. Overnight frost and fog or freezing fog could become more prevalent, though any particularly cold conditions look unlikely at this stage.

High pressure is fairly likely to be close by to the UK at the start of this period, though its exact position is rather more uncertain. This means a continuation of predominantly settled and dry weather for many, albeit with the potential for overnight frost and fog. With colder air likely near to or over the UK, the chance of wintry hazards is higher than in previous weeks. Towards mid-month, there is the potential for rather more changeable conditions to become re-established, although confidence in this aspect of the forecast is currently low.