Stormont Castle (County Down) weather

Headline:

Unsettled with showers on Wednesday.

This Evening and Tonight:

This evening will be cloudy rain, occasionally heavy. Remaining cloudy through the early hours with further spells of rain although rain becoming patchy later. Mild. Minimum temperature 9 °C.

Wednesday:

A cloudy morning with occasional rain, perhaps turning persistent in the southeast for a time. Brightening up in the afternoon with heavy showers and a chance of thunder. Maximum temperature 14 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Bright spells and some showers on Thursday. A further rain band pushes northeast Friday morning, with showers following. Showers or longer spells of rain on Saturday.

A few showers around at the start of the period, mainly affecting the far northeast of the UK. For many though Sunday should be fine and dry with spells of warm sunshine. Into the following week fronts associated with another Atlantic low will try to push into the UK, but may struggle to make inroads against an area of high pressure to the northeast and are likely to be held at bay. So for much of next week plenty of dry weather with sunny spells. Some E coasts could be on the chilly side, but further west temperatures likely feeling quite warm. Toward next weekend and beyond likely turning more unsettled with a return of some rain or showers for many.

The dominant pattern during this period is most likely to be high pressure (or higher than average pressure) to the north and lower pressure to the south. This will probably lead to drier and more settled than normal weather in the north or northwest of the UK, with the south and southwest likely seeing a greater chance of some rain at times. Temperatures will probably be close to or slightly above average overall, perhaps becoming more widely warm at times.