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Windy with showers, then calmer later this week
It is a very windy start, with gales on hills and coasts and a few heavy bursts of rain over Cumbria. Most places dry up by mid-morning. Low cloud and hill fog stay over Cumbria and north Lancashire, while Merseyside and Cheshire are brighter.
Around midday and early this afternoon, showers spread across the Cumbrian fells and the Pennines, and some will be heavy. Lowland areas further south mostly miss them. The showers ease later in the afternoon and sunny spells develop. Highs will be 12C to 13C in the lowlands, and colder on the hills.
More showers arrive from the west later this evening, mainly over Cumbria and the Lancashire hills. Overnight they will probably turn into longer spells of mostly light rain in the north, while the south stays mostly dry. Lows will be around 7C.
West to south-westerly winds gust 40 to 45 mph on the coast this afternoon and up to 50 mph on high ground. Inland, gusts reach 28 to 40 mph before easing this evening, though the coast stays blustery.
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