Newtownards (County Down) weather

Headline:

Rather cool and cloudy with a few showers

Today:

It will be quite breezy and feeling fresher with some showers. Generally a rather cloudy day but a few bright or sunny intervals possible at times. Maximum temperature 17 °C.

Tonight:

Bright or clear spells and a few showers through the evening. Showers become mostly confined to counties Derry and Tyrone overnight, becoming dry with clear spells elsewhere. Minimum temperature 8 °C.

Friday:

Dry with sunny spells for most to start but cloudy with scattered showers in the northwest. Bright spells and showers for all through the afternoon. Maximum temperature 17 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Remaining quite cool with variable cloud and sunny spells over the weekend, mainly dry though with some light showers. Dry and milder on Monday with bright spells.

Largely dry and settled early next week as a ridge of high pressure continues to extend across the country. Likely turning more unsettled during the week and through to the turn of the month as low pressure becomes more dominant. This bringing showers or longer spells of rain, perhaps heavy, to most if not all areas at times though still some sunny interludes. Possibly windy at times too. Temperatures likely near to average though varying with some short-lived warm and humid spells possible, especially in the south.

A rather unsettled start to autumn is most likely with all areas probably seeing a mixture of showers or longer spells rain interspersed with drier interludes. Temperatures likely varying around average, some warm or hot spells are possible but unlikely prolonged in early September. By mid-September, there may be an increase in the extent of drier, more settled weather, especially in the south and east, though signals become very weak.