A Met Office weather warning for rain has been issued for the whole of Cumbria.
The yellow warning, which is the lowest of three alerts issued by the forecaster, will come into force at 3am on Sunday and is due to run until 6am on Monday.
The Met Office warns that “several further spells of heavy rainfall are likely to impact this region, bringing some further localised flooding and travel disruption.”
What to expect
- Flooding of a few homes and businesses is likely;
- Bus and train services probably affected with journey times taking longer;
- Spray and flooding on roads probably making journey times longer.
The warning says: “A band of rainfall will arrive across western Wales on Sunday morning, and push quickly northeastward clearing this region to the northeast by late Sunday morning. This rain will last only two to three hours in any one location but within this time it is thought likely that some locations will see 20-30mm of rainfall.
“From Sunday afternoon through to Monday morning further spells of rain and showers will continue to impact this region bringing an additional 20-30mm to some locations (in addition to that seen on Sunday morning). Recent heavy rainfall has left many places sensitive to more wet weather – and (rainfall) totals on Sunday could cause some further surface water flooding.
“The wind will also strengthen during this time, and although impacts from wind alone are expected to be very low, the wind will likely increase leaf fall from trees, which coupled with the rainfall will increase the risk of localised flooding and make travelling conditions even more tricky.”
