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Overview for Sunday

Very windy with blustery showers, heavy at times and merging into a longer spell of rain during the day.

Hazards	Risk	Explanation
Blizzards	No Risk
Heavy snow	No Risk
Storm force winds	Medium	Winds gusting to 70 mph at times over exposed ridges and summits.
Gales	High	Gales throughout the day.
Severe chill effect	High	In gale force winds and blustery showers.
Persistent and extensive hill fog	No Risk
Thunderstorms	Low	Risk in the heavier showers.
Heavy persistent rain	No Risk

Hazards

Risk

Explanation

Blizzards

No Risk

Heavy snow

No Risk

Storm force winds

Medium

Winds gusting to 70 mph at times over exposed ridges and summits.

Gales

High

Gales throughout the day.

Severe chill effect

High

In gale force winds and blustery showers.

Persistent and extensive hill fog

No Risk

Thunderstorms

Low

Risk in the heavier showers.

Heavy persistent rain

No Risk

Weather summary and probability of precipitation for Sunday
Dawn to 0900	0900 to 1200	1200 to 1500	1500 to dusk
Heavy rain showers	Heavy rain showers	Heavy rain showers	Heavy rain showers
80%	80%	80%	80%

Weather summary and probability of precipitation for Sunday

Dawn to 0900

0900 to 1200

1200 to 1500

1500 to dusk

Heavy rain showers

80%

Detailed mountain weather forecast: Lake District

Sunday
Monday
Outlook

Sunday

Weather

A bright day with some sunny spells but also blustery showers. The showers will be heavy at times and frequent with a slight risk of thunder. Into the afternoon the showers will merge into a longer spell of rain, continuing heavy at times.

Visibility

Good but falling moderate to poor in or near the showers and rain.

Hill fog

Occasionally broken or overcast at 350m, otherwise well broken at 600m. Becoming overcast at 350m later, occasionally broken at 250m.

Maximum winds above 500m

Southwest 35-40 mph, gust 62 mph, increasing for a time 45-50 mph, gust 75 mph.

Temperature

Valleys	Plus 6 Celsius rising plus 9 Celsius
900 m	Plus 5 Celsius
Freezing level	Above summits at around 1200m.

Monday

Weather

Another bright day with sunny spells and further blustery showers. The showers will remain frequent at times, occasionally heavy with a slight risk of thunder.

Visibility

Good but falling moderate to poor in or near the showers.

Hill fog

Occasionally broken or overcast at 350m, otherwise well broken at 600m.

Maximum winds above 500m

Westerly 35-40 mph, gust 62 mph, easing during the day 25-30 mph.

Temperature

Valleys	Plus 4 Celsius increasing Plus 7 Celsius
900 m	Plus 5 Celsius
Freezing level	Above summits at around 1200m.

Outlook

Tuesday

Cloud and persistent rain at first on Tuesday will clear during the morning. Early extensive hill fog will also clear. Blustery showers will then follow for the afternoon. Widespread gale force winds.

Wednesday

A bright day with blustery showers. The showers will be heavy at times and remain scattered throughout the day. Widespread gale force winds perhaps easing later.

Thursday

Another bright day with sunny spells. Showers will again occur but more isolated with a few places remaining dry. Any showers will again be heavy at times as winds continue to slowly ease.