Magherafelt (County Londonderry) weather

Headline:

Cloudy with rain, heavy in the northeast at first.

Today:

Outbreaks of heavy rain in the east and northeast at first otherwise the morning will be cloudy with rain. The rain will become patchy in the afternoon bright spells in the west later. Maximum temperature 10 °C.

Tonight:

The evening will continue dry with the odd clear spell in the south and west. Cloud will increase again as patchy light rain returns to the east later. Minimum temperature 5 °C.

Tuesday:

Another cloudy day with patchy light rain or drizzle in the east at first. The best of any drier and brighter spells will be in the west later. Maximum temperature 10 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Wednesday will be cloudy with patchy light rain at times. Thursday will become dry with increasing bright spells, these increasing during Friday.

Continued mostly settled conditions expected, as high pressure builds to the north of the UK. This will bring a strengthening easterly then northeasterly wind over the period, with wind-chill making it feel colder. Whilst there will be a fair amount of dry weather, a few showers will still be possible, particularly across eastern and southern parts which may be wintry in places, more especially over high ground. High pressure will likely dominate the weather in the run up to the New Year, slowly drifting to the west. This will maintain largely settled conditions, although with an increasing chance of showery conditions later in the period. Temperatures will be below average much of the time, with frost likely where clear skies and light winds prevail.

High pressure will probably be close to the UK at the start of this period, perhaps most likely centered to the west, and whilst this may allow relatively settled and dry conditions with a risk of frost and fog initially, there will be the chance of some occasional wet weather at times, perhaps more especially in the north and east. Given some relatively cold air close to the UK, this may bring the chance of some wintry hazards in places. Towards mid-month, there is the potential for rather more changeable conditions to develop more widely, although confidence in this aspect of the forecast is currently low.