Yellow Weather Warning Issued for 36 Hours of Heavy Rain

Yellow Weather warning issued for 36 hours of heavy rain.

Throughout the remainder of Monday Thundery showers, heavy at times, becoming Increasingly windy into the evening as the met office issues Yellow Weather warning for Cumbria and Northwest for 36 hours of heavy rain.

On Tuesday, the unsettled weather is set to continue with a two-day yellow warning issued by the Met Office for heavy rain across Cumbria, from 6am. The office said the flooding of homes and businesses are likely, and that bus and train services could be impacted.

Cumbria is set to face the heaviest of the west and blustery week for the UK with a yellow weather warning coming into effect from 6am on Tuesday morning through until 6pm on Wednesday. With a warning for the 36-hour that up to 200mm of rain is possible across the area.

The weather could change at very short lead times advice is to be prepared for gusty winds and potentially large hailstorms.

The Met Office Warning says those in the weather warning area shoud expect:

Flooding of some homes and businesses is likely

Bus and train services likely to be affected with journey times taking longer

Spray and flooding on roads probably making journey times longer

Some interruption to power supplies and other services likely.