Delamont Country Park (County Down) weather

Headline:

Cloudy and windy with rain and hill snow on Wednesday.

Today:

Cloudy with outbreaks of rain and hill snow. Some heavy outbreaks through the morning, especially across the south and west, but gradually easing through the afternoon. Strong southeasterly winds, with gales likely around coasts and over hills. Maximum temperature 4 °C.

Tonight:

Mostly cloudy with outbreaks of mainly light rain, but some drier spells, with perhaps breaks in the cloud, especially in west and a frost in places as winds fall light. Minimum temperature 0 °C.

Thursday:

Mostly cloudy with some rain in morning, but mainly in east then a drier spell before rain spreads from west in afternoon as winds turn southwest and freshen a little. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Milder and windier on Friday, heavy rain in morning, turning to showers in afternoon. Rain or showers on Saturday though a drier spell in morning, Windy and showery on Sunday.

Quite changeable as Atlantic frontal systems track near or across the UK at times, bringing spells of rain, heaviest and most prolonged over high ground in the west and/or northwest, with comparatively small accumulations in more sheltered eastern and southeastern areas. It will often be quite breezy or windy, the strongest winds typically in the west or northwest. With a west or southwesterly flow tending to dominate, temperatures will likely be near or above average much of the time, especially over this weekend with some very mild conditions expected before a gradual downward trend through the final week of February back closer to average.

Confidence is rather low through this period with regards to the weather patterns affecting the UK. The most likely outcome is a continuation of rather changeable conditions, with low pressure systems tending to pass close to or to the northwest of the UK, bringing occasional spells of wet and windy weather, especially in the north west. High pressure to the south may build across the UK at times to bring some drier, quieter interludes, this probably most frequent in the south and east. Temperatures are likely to be near or slightly above average for the period as a whole, though some relatively short-lived interludes of colder conditions remain possible.