The yellow weather warning for heavy rain for Cumbria has been issued by the Met Office a forecast for 'persistent, heavy rain' falling across Cumbria throughout Monday. The warning, which covers Cumbria and other parts of the North West, Yorkshire, the North East and Wales comes into force from midnight and last until 9pm Monday night.
Across Cumbria, heavy rain is set to fall consistently in the early hours of Monday morning. Forecasters predict it will continue to fall until early afternoon, when lighter showers are forecast for the rest of Monday.
A Met Office spokesperson said: "Rain is expected to develop across southwest England and south Wales on Sunday evening and spread northeast to affect many parts of England and Wales through Monday before easing and clearing into the North Sea on Monday night.
"Within this larger band, a corridor of heavy, persistent and perhaps thundery rainfall is expected to develop. There is some uncertainty in the track of this heavier rain but 20-40 mm of rain is expected to fall in many areas within the warning area, with a chance of 60-80 mm falling in a few places, much of which would fall in 3-6 hours.
"At this stage, this very heavy rain appears more likely to fall over northwest Wales and northwest England."
Forecasters have warned of a small chance that some communities could be temporarily cut off by flooded roads and that homes and businesses could suffer power cuts and the loss of other services.
The rain will lead to difficult driving conditions and road closures, with the risk of delays and cancellations to train and bus services, the Met Office said.
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