Crossgar (County Down) weather

Headline:

Dry start Thursday but showers in the west later.

This Evening and Tonight:

A mostly cloudy night with a few showers. Showers mainly in the north with many southern parts staying dry throughout. Some clear spells away from showers. Northerly winds strengthening overnight. Minimum temperature 6 °C.

Thursday:

Mostly dry and cloudy in the morning with some sunny intervals. Through the afternoon showers spreading in to the west but staying dry in the east. Breezy westerly winds. Maximum temperature 11 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Strengthening northerly winds bring colder conditions with a few showers Friday and early Saturday. The wind and showers will ease from Saturday, cloud and outbreaks rain spread east Sunday.

A changeable start to the period with bands of rain from the Atlantic moving across the country. at times. The wettest and windiest conditions are likely to be across the northwest with some decent drier interludes across the south and east. Around the turn of the month or into early November, wetter and windier conditions across the north and west are likely to extend more widely across the country. It is somewhat uncertain when this will occur with high pressure attempting to maintain some influence across the southeast maintaining more settled conditions here. Temperatures will be a little below average at the start of the period, likely trending upwards with potential for a mild spell around the turn of the month.

Unsettled conditions are most likely during early November with showers or longer spells of rain across all areas at times along with spells of strong winds. Temperatures through this period are overall likely to be around or above average with any colder spells short-lived between weather systems. Into mid-November, while there is an increased chance of more settled spells, the likelihood of whether settled or unsettled conditions are more prevalent are reasonably balanced.