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Colder, with sunny spells and blustery showers.

Today:

A cooler and more changeable day on Thursday, with a band of patchy rain moving eastwards through the morning. Clearing in the afternoon leaving sunny spells and blustery showers, these most frequent across Cumbria. Maximum temperature 12 °C.

Tonight:

A bright end to the afternoon with a few showers lingering into the evening, however most places becoming dry overnight with cloudier skies developing after midnight. Minimum temperature 2 °C.

Friday:

A dry start, but cloudy skies already across the south of the region will continue to spread north with outbreaks of rain arriving during the afternoon. Becoming rather breezy later. Maximum temperature 12 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Unsettled through the weekend and Monday with sunny spells and showers or longer spells of rain. The showers locally heavy with thunder. Windy with coastal gales possible, temperatures near average.

It will likely remain rather changeable during the first part of this period, with showers or occasional longer spells of rain interspersed with drier interludes. The pattern will likely become increasingly slow evolving, with low pressure to the northwest of the UK and high pressure over Scandinavia. This may lead to more in the way of drier, settled weather, especially in the north and east, although there will still be showery outbreaks, particularly in the south. When the winds are light, it should feel quite warm, despite temperatures most likely being close to normal for most.

Blocked patterns with high pressure near to the UK will probably be dominant during this period with a good deal of dry weather across the UK as whole. Some unsettled interludes could develop at times, especially in the south, where rainfall amounts could be above average at times. Temperatures will probably be near to or slightly above normal, although some cold nights are still possible.