Finlieve (County Down) weather

Headline:

Cloudy, mostly dry.

Today:

A cloudy day. It will be mainly dry, but cloud may become thick enough to give the odd light spot of rain or drizzle along the east coast in the afternoon. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Tonight:

A cloudy evening and night, perhaps the odd brief clear spell in the west. It will be dry for most, but a chance of some rain along the east coast. Minimum temperature -2 °C.

Friday:

A largely dry day with some bright or sunny spells. Cloud increases in the evening with some patchy rain spreading east. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Turning increasingly mild. Mainly dry and bright Saturday, some rain later. Breezy on Sunday and Monday, some patchy rain, but mainly dry.

Mild and many areas dry on Tuesday aside from rain over some western hills. Through the middle of next week, conditions are expected to turn widely unsettled with spells of heavy rain and strong winds possible for all regions. Temperatures falling back to around if not a little below average for a time later next week. Generally mixed conditions thereafter. High pressure will attempt to build across the south of the country at times but looks unlikely to become dominant as spells of wet and windy continue to arrive from the west. Temperatures likely varying around average with both some milder and colder interludes to be expected. Any snow most likely restricted to high ground though could temporarily fall at lower levels in the north during colder interludes.

Mainly unsettled conditions appear more likely than not for most, with spells of wind and rain followed by showers affecting most areas but especially towards the northwest of the UK. Some sleet and snow is also likely at times, especially on high ground in the north. However, there are also some signs that more settled conditions are possible at times, these perhaps most likely across the south late in December and into early January. Temperatures are likely to be around or slightly above average overall, but with any more settled interludes bringing a risk of frost and fog.