Acorn Bank Garden (Cumbria) weather

Headline:

Increasingly cloudy with rain spreading eastwards overnight.

This Evening and Tonight:

Cloud continues to thicken from the west this evening, with outbreaks of rain becoming persistent with some heavier spells at times. Remaining mild, feeling rather humid, with hill fog developing in places. Increasingly breezy, especially along the coast, by dawn. Minimum temperature 14 °C.

Saturday:

Overcast with persistent rain continuing to move east through the morning. Further heavy showers to follow, though a few breaks as well. Breezy, particularly along the coast, and feeling humid. Maximum temperature 18 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Remaining unsettled with a mixture of sunshine and showers, these heavy and perhaps thundery at times. Breezy, especially along the coasts, and feeling cooler than recent days.

Likely continuing changeable with further frontal systems running east into the UK bringing further spells of rain, with showery interludes in-between. Strong winds may also develop at times, particularly in the north and northwest. With time the signs are that systems will increasingly track to the northwest of the country, with the south starting to see longer, drier interludes while the northwest continues to see more in the way of rain and at times strong winds, Temperatures are expected to be slightly above average overall, but will be cooler in any prolonged periods of rainfall. Meanwhile there is the possibility of some very warm, perhaps hot conditions developing, especially in the south and these bring with them the chance of thunderstorms.

Changeable weather across the UK with a mixture of Atlantic weather systems moving in from the west interspersed with dry and sunny periods. Wetter conditions tending to be across the northwest of the UK, with the south and southeast likely to see more in the way of dry weather, Temperatures are most likely to be near normal or slightly above in the north and west, perhaps with some hot spells at times, especially across the south.