Chimney Rock (County Down) weather

Headline:

Sunny intervals and a few showers today.

Today:

Mainly dry and bright start this morning. Otherwise variable amounts of cloud with some sunny spells and scattered showers. Becoming drier later in the afternoon. Maximum temperature 19 °C.

Tonight:

This evening will be dry with some late sunshine. Clouding over from the west in the early hours with the odd shower in the west and north. Minimum temperature 8 °C.

Thursday:

Some brightness across the east otherwise a rather cloudy day with showery rain spreading from the west. Maximum temperature 20 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Cloudy on Friday with occasional rain, this mainly across the west. Mainly dry on Saturday with some brightness in the southeast. Cloudy and breezy on Sunday with showery rain.

Cloud and rain associated with an Atlantic frontal system and area of low pressure is likely to sweep south and east, with rain always most persistent on western hills, especially western Scotland where large rainfall totals may have built up by this time. Eastern areas in shelter could see warm and humid brighter breaks, but with a risk of thundery showers, which could be slow moving at first. Likely turning cooler and more showery into next week, followed by a changeable pattern with further areas of cloud and rain and brighter, more settled spells in-between. Temperatures are likely to be around average overall, with an increasing chance of warmth in the south as the period progresses.

Changeable conditions with a predominantly northwest to southeast split in temperature and rainfall, and the potential for further occasional episodes of hot weather and thundery outbreaks, are considered likely to gradually give way to something more settled and dry overall through the second half of July. Temperatures are likely to be above average, with the greatest chance of very warm or hot spells in the south or southeast.