Wet and Windy Monday, With Severe Gales Over the Fells
After a cloudy, mostly dry start, rain spreads across the region this morning. It's heaviest across Merseyside, Cheshire and Greater Manchester, and then over the southern Lake District around midday. From early afternoon it should be mostly dry south of Morecambe Bay, though it stays cloudy. Patchy rain lingers over the Cumbrian fells into the evening.
Highs reach 11C to 13C in most lowland areas, 9C to 11C inland in Cumbria and only 7C to 9C on high ground.
A strong southerly wind keeps strengthening. Lowland gusts are mostly 25 to 35 mph and exposed west Cumbrian coasts reach 40 to 48 mph. Over the Cumbrian fells and north Pennines, gusts of 50 to 60 mph are likely this evening. Tonight, a band of heavy rain moves quickly east across the region and should only linger in the east by dawn. It will be very windy overnight, with gales likely on exposed coasts. It stays mild, with a low of around 9C.
