Carlisle (Cumbria) weather

Headline:

Mainly cloudy and cooler than recent days.

Today:

A chilly start with patchy fog and frost in rural parts, and widespread cloud elsewhere. Turning brighter through this afternoon with a few sunny intervals in the east, but remaining overcast for most and feeling rather chilly. Maximum temperature 5 °C.

Tonight:

Settled but cold overnight with a frost and patchy fog returning beneath clearer skies. Mainly cloudy in the south, with hill fog across the higher ground. Minimum temperature -1 °C.

Sunday:

Cold with a widespread morning frost. Some brighter breaks at times, but remaining chilly. Turning cloudier through the afternoon with some patchy light rain and drizzle in places. Maximum temperature 4 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Patchy rain and drizzle arrive from the west next week, interspersed with drier, brighter intervals too. Some cold and frosty nights to come, but temperatures recovering to average by day.

A transition to a rather more changeable and at times unsettled weather pattern is likely to occur during the first few days of this period. Outbreaks of rain and freshening winds will probably make inroads from the southwest during Thursday ahead of conditions more widely becoming wetter and windier by next weekend. Whilst a milder, wetter and windier scenario is considered most likely, there remains a small chance that colder air from Europe may continue to feed into northern Britain, especially at first, increasing the chance of snowfall here. Towards the end of January, further periods of strong winds and heavy rain are likely to move in from the Atlantic. Whilst generally mild conditions look to close out the month, some large day to day changes in temperature are possible.

A dominant flow from the Atlantic looks likely through this period, resulting in an unsettled, milder and windier than average period. This is likely to result in areas of rain and periods of stronger winds affecting most if not all parts of the UK at times, though with the wettest and windiest weather probably occurring towards the north and west. However, the potential for brief colder spells with associated frost, ice and snow remains, following any deep lows crossing the region. Pressure may build across southern areas towards mid-February, which would result in drier, settled conditions, albeit with an increased chance of overnight fog and frost, becoming established here.