Maghera (County Londonderry) weather

Headline:

Temperatures down from yesterday. Rather cloudy but mainly dry.

Today:

Temperatures lower than yesterdays highs. Most staying dry but some patchy light rain reaching the far west. Rather cloudy here but occasional brighter spells developing to the southeast of Lough Neagh. Light winds. Maximum temperature 12 °C.

Tonight:

Increasingly cloudy with patchy rain across the far west at first, which gradually extends to the rest of the Province overnight. Westerly breezes. Minimum temperature 0 °C.

Sunday:

Cloudy start with some patchy rain. Clearing to brighter spells and showers from around mid-day with the bulk of the outbreaks confined to northern coastal districts. Maximum temperature 12 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Fair start for Monday then rain reaching from west from mid-day. Rain soon clearing to showers Tuesday, these focused in west and turning wintry to quite low levels Wednesday.

Changeable conditions for many parts of the UK at the start of this period, as areas of low pressure and their associated frontal zones run close to or over the UK. These are likely to be most active in the north and somewhat weaker further south, closer to a ridge of high pressure extending towards the UK from the west. There is also potential for a cooler period early in this period, with some snow possible in parts of the north. Into April, high pressure may become rather more dominant once again with plenty of dry weather, but with some overnight fog and frost.

Blocked or slowly evolving weather patterns are favoured through the early part of April. High pressure is the preferred flavour of this block; this probably centred to the west or north of the UK. This means plenty of dry weather, possibly with some pleasantly warm days, but an ongoing chance of overnight fog and frost. Some rain is still possible at times as weak frontal systems cross the UK. Moving further into April, there is an increasing chance that high pressure will become less dominant and thus a greater chance of more places seeing some rain and possible stronger winds from time to time. Overall, temperatures panning out somewhere near to average.