Great Shunner Fell weather

Headline:

Rain at first, then mainly clear with strong winds. Cold.

This Evening and Tonight:

Windy overnight, with rain, heaviest over the hills at first, quickly clearing through the evening leaving clear spells and a few showers, maybe wintry on hills. Generally dry, clear and cold into the early hours as showers die out. Minimum temperature 1 °C.

Wednesday:

Windy and cold on Wednesday, with sunshine and showers, perhaps wintry over high ground. Showers merging into longer spells of rain at times in the afternoon. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Frosty start Thursday, rain and hill snow later. Friday and Saturday, increasingly windy with sunshine and blustery showers or longer spells of rain, possibly wintry over hills. Rather cold throughout.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC) on Tue 10 Dec 2019

Sunday looks likely to be unsettled with sunshine and blustery showers, wintry over northern hills, perhaps with more persistent rain in places. Early next week it may become less windy generally with some longer drier, brighter spells and local night frost. However it will probably turn generally more unsettled and milder again by mid week as further bands of rain and strong winds sweep northeast across all areas. Most of the rain is likely in the west with drier spells more likely in the east and southeast. Although it looks as if these unsettled conditions will dominate for the rest of the period there is a small chance that things could become drier and colder generally, particularly away from the northwest, with an increased risk of both frost and fog.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC) on Tue 10 Dec 2019

Confidence is low throughout this period. Changeable and sometimes windy conditions seem more likely through late December, with the wetter weather in the west and longer drier spells in the east. By the time we go into January, longer spells of more widely dry, quiet and bright weather are possible, especially for southern and central areas, with the northwest more likely to remain unsettled. Temperatures should be near to or somewhat above average overall, but with the usual day to day variations. However in quieter spells, it is likely to be colder generally, with an increased risk of frost and fog.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC) on Tue 10 Dec 2019