Portrush - Mill (West) Strand (Beach) (County Antrim) weather

Headline:

Dry and cloudy today.

Today:

Most dry and rather cloudy, with best of the limited brighter spells expected east of Lough Neagh. Temperatures a little down from yesterday, but still above the seasonal averages. Southerly winds occasionally freshening across the coast. Maximum temperature 11 °C.

Tonight:

Vast majority staying dry. Rather cloudy but some cloud breaks developing towards dawn. Southerly winds occasionally fresh across the coasts. Minimum temperature 5 °C.

Sunday:

Some early brighter spells but cloud soon increasing with light rain reaching western districts mid to late morning, which extends to the rest of the Province during the afternoon. Maximum temperature 10 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Monday rather cloudy with showers developing in the south, but some limited brightness expected in north. Tuesday and Wednesday mainly cloudy with some patchy rain about, but also drier interludes.

A transition to a rather more changeable and at times unsettled weather pattern is likely to occur during the first few days of this period. Outbreaks of rain and freshening winds will probably make inroads from the southwest during Thursday ahead of conditions more widely becoming wetter and windier by next weekend. Whilst a milder, wetter and windier scenario is considered most likely, there remains a small chance that colder air from Europe may continue to feed into northern Britain, especially at first, increasing the chance of snowfall here. Towards the end of January, further periods of strong winds and heavy rain are likely to move in from the Atlantic. Whilst generally mild conditions look to close out the month, some large day to day changes in temperature are possible.

A dominant flow from the Atlantic looks likely through this period, resulting in an unsettled, milder and windier than average period. This is likely to result in areas of rain and periods of stronger winds affecting most if not all parts of the UK at times, though with the wettest and windiest weather probably occurring towards the north and west. However, the potential for brief colder spells with associated frost, ice and snow remains, following any deep lows crossing the region. Pressure may build across southern areas towards mid-February, which would result in drier, settled conditions, albeit with an increased chance of overnight fog and frost, becoming established here.