Helvellyn (Cumbria) weather

Headline:

Dry and settled, warm in the sunshine.

Today:

Patchy cloud to start, but sunshine soon breaking through to leave a widely dry and fine day with plenty of blue sky. Feeling warm, especially in the sunshine, with mostly light east to northeasterly winds. Maximum temperature 21 °C.

Tonight:

Dry and settled with plenty of evening sunshine. Patches of cloud re-forming from the east overnight with mist developing in places by dawn. Chilly with a rural frost possible. Minimum temperature 5 °C.

Friday:

Early cloud lifting and clearing to leave another widely dry and fine day. Plenty of warm sunshine across the region with light winds. Maximum temperature 22 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Remaining fine and settled this weekend and into next week. Dry with plenty of sunshine each day once any low cloud clears. Temperatures staying above average, but with cooler nights.

Most of the UK will be fine with sunny spells during the first half of this period. A few showers are possible in the southeast at first but otherwise the majority of places will be dry. Temperatures are likely to be above normal for the time of year. Into the bank holiday weekend and following week, a change in weather type is expected. More unsettled conditions are likely to develop, with weather systems moving in from the Atlantic. This will bring spells of rain to many areas, perhaps heavy at times, with a risk of strong winds in places. Some drier and brighter intervals are likely between systems. Temperatures will probably be near normal or slightly above.

Changeable weather conditions are expected during the end of May and into the first half of June. Spells of wet weather with showers or longer spells of rain are likely to be interspersed with drier, sunnier periods. Overall, it will likely be wettest in the west and driest in the east. Temperatures will probably average out around normal, although some very warm or hot spells are possible.