Two Yellow Warnings for Wind and Rain issued Covering Penrith and Parts of Cumbria on Sunday

A spell of strong winds and rain will affect the area on Sunday with the met office issuing two yellow weather warnings for the area on Sunday.

Between 10am and 7pm on Sunday a yellow weather warning for a period of heavy rain is in place. The rain will set in during the morning and not clear until evening, with the rain heaviest over higher parts of the Lake District where 60-80mm of rain is likely. Across the warning area as a whole, 30-40mm is likely to accumulate widely.

A second warning covering Cumbria along with Scotland and most of the West of the UK is in place for winds of upto 70mph in exposed and high ground between 6am and 6pm on Sunday. The Southerly to southwesterly winds are expected to increase through Sunday morning, peaking late morning to early afternoon with gusts of 50-60mph, and perhaps as much as 70mph in areas exposed and high ground. Winds will then ease from southwest to northeast of the warning area through the afternoon and early evening.

Met Office Chief Meteorologist, Steve Willington, said: “As we shift from a cold easterly weather regime to milder westerly conditions, the Atlantic air brings with it some potentially impactful weather. Successive weather fronts bring strong winds and bands of rainfall across the UK with a risk some areas, particularly in the west later in the weekend, could see some low or even medium impacts.

“Weather warnings have been issued to highlight the potential for travel disruption, dangerous conditions near coasts and the possibility of power cuts for some.”