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  2. Weather on the fells: Cloudy and dry, light winds

    • Temperature at 3,000ft: Around 4C to 5C (39F to 41F).
    • Winds: Light and variable - 5mph to 10mph.
    • Cloud: Largely cloudy, with just the odd break in the higher fells. Cloud bases will be around 1,000ft to 1.500ft (300m to 450m).
    • Weather: Mostly dry, occasional brighter spells in the higher fells.
    • Visibility: Very good, but reducing above the cloud bases. Higher summits may be above cloud bases at times in the afternoon.
    • Freezing level: Above the summits.
    Could inversion over Dunmail Rise
    Copyright: Fell Top Assessors

    Zac Poulton from the Fell Top Assessors took this snap of cloud inversions spilling over Dunmail Raise, while on his ascent of Helvellyn.

  4. Weather on the fells: Cloudy and dry

    • Temperature at 3,000ft: Around 4C to 5C (39F to 41F).
    • Winds: Mostly moderate westerly winds, with gusts up to 25mph to 30mph.
    • Cloud: Largely cloudy, with just a few breaks at times. Cloud bases will be around 1,000ft to 2,000ft (300m to 600m).
    • Weather: Dry with the odd brighter spell.
    • Visibility: Good, but reducing above the cloud bases.
    • Freezing level: Above the summits.
    Glenderamackin Beck on the approach to Sharp edge
    Copyright: Fell Top Assessors

    Wes Hunter from the Fell Top Assessors took this misty picture (above) of Glenderamackin Beck on the approach to Sharp Edge.

  9. Hope of finding man diminishing, say police

    The police inspector investigating the disappearance of a missing West Cumbrian man says as time goes on "hope is diminishing".

    Insp Laura Boyd says searches are continuing to find 23-year-old Nicholas Degraff who left Great Clifton at 04:30 GMT on Sunday to walk home to Workington but he never arrived.

    He was last seen walking with his German Shepherd dog in Rosemary Gardens, Great Clifton, at about 05:00 - his dog was later found on the riverbank.

    Divers have been searching the River Derwent and a helicopter has been used to search surrounding areas.

    Nicholas Degraff
    Copyright: Family handout

    Mr Degraff is 5ft 10in tall, of slim build and with short, brown-coloured hair.

    He has tattoos on his face and neck with spacer ear piercings.

    He was wearing a black jacket, black jogging bottoms, work boots and carrying a grey-coloured drawstring shoulder bag.

    Insp Boyd said: "Nicholas' family are so grateful for all the support they've received and are happy with all the efforts so far.

    "They are beyond themselves with concern and are co-ordinating public searches for members of the public to get involved."

  10. Fells forecast: Dull and overcast with strong winds

    • Temperature at 3,000ft: Around 4C to 5C (39F to 41F).
    • Winds: Strong south-westerly, gusting up to 35mph to 40mph.
    • Cloud: Largely dull and overcast, with bases down to around 1,000ft to 2,000ft (300m to 600m).
    • Precipitation: Light spells of rain throughout the day.
    • Visibility: Good, but reducing to poor above the cloud base or during any rain.
    • Freezing level: Above the summits.
    Thawing snow on Striding Edge
    Copyright: Fell Top Assessors

    Fell Top Assessor Jon Bennett, who took the photo above, says thawing snow on Helvellyn's Striding Edge will make for wet, greasy and slippery rocks along the crest.

  14. School closes early after Covid outbreak

    A small primary school in Cumbria has closed until the new year after five people tested positive for Covid.

    There are only 28 students at Crosby Ravensworth Church of England school, located between Penrith and Tebay.

    Crosby Ravensworth CE school
    Copyright: Google

    Cumbria County Council has not confirmed if the five positive tests were children or staff but says following public health advice it had decided to move learning online, after being notified "that an individual who had been in school at the end of last week had tested positive".

  15. Weather on the fells: Strong winds and cloud

    • Temperature at 3,000ft: Around 1C to 3C (34F to 37F)
    • Winds: Strong to near-gale south-westerly winds, gusting up to 45mph to 50mph.
    • Cloud: Largely cloudy, with cloud bases down to about 1,000 to 2,000ft (300m to 600m).
    • Weather: It will be a largely cloudy day, but with cloud breaking to allow for some brightness at times. The odd spot of drizzle is possible.
    • Visibility: Good, but reducing to poor above the cloud base or during any drizzle.
    • Freezing level: Above the summits.
    Snow on Helvellyn
    Copyright: Fell Top Assessors

    Zac from the Fell Top Assessors team took this snap of soft snow on Helvellyn. He says at this time of year it's always a good plan to carry crampons and an ice axe as conditions can change rapidly and there remains a lot of snow cover on the fells.

  18. Weather on the fells: Dry and clear with sunshine

    • Temperature at 3,000ft: Around 1C to 2C (34F to 36F)
    • Winds: A moderate to fresh westerly wind to start, with gusts of 30mph to 35mph, but rapidly easing to gentle winds through the afternoon, with gusts up to 20mph to 25mph.
    • Cloud: Patchy cloud throughout the day with bases above the summits.
    • Weather: It will be a dry and mostly sunny day, with some patchy cloud moving in at times.
    • Visibility: Very good.
    • Freezing level: Above the summits.
    Ridge crests of Helvellyn
    Copyright: Fell Top Assessors

    Wes Hunter, from the Fell Top Assessors team, took this photo (above) of the ridge crests which are now relatively snow free, although he says the flanks of Helvellyn still hold a lot of snow.

  19. Christmas Day booster jabs an option, says health boss

    People may need to get booster jabs on Christmas Day and other festive public holidays to stop the spread of the omicron variant, Cumbria’s director of public health has warned.

    Colin Cox told BBC Radio Cumbria almost 200,000 people, which is more than 40% of the county’s over-12 population, have had their booster jab so far.

    But with Boris Johnson saying he wants all boosters done by the end of December, Mr Cox (pictured below) said it would be “immensely challenging” to “turn round the other 200,000 in that timescale”.

    Colin Cox
    Copyright: BBC

    Asked if people may need to get jabs on public holidays, including Christmas Day, Mr Cox said: “Given the numbers that have to be done I think that’s going to have to be an option.

    “I can’t see how it would be possible to do it without offering somethings on Christmas public holidays.”

    He said Cumbria’s first case of omicron was identified on 30 November, with numbers rising to 16 by 9 December and possibly as high as 30 to 50 over the weekend.

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