Ballycastle (County Antrim) weather

Headline:

Cloudy and mostly dry then scattered afternoon showers.

Today:

The day will have a dry, sunny and frosty start. Cloud will build north through the morning with scattered showers following in the afternoon, with the chance some will be heavy and thundery with hail. Maximum temperature 11 °C.

Tonight:

Any remaining showers will clear from the east during the evening. After a brief dry spell, cloud with outbreaks of rain will spread north from midnight. Minimum temperature 4 °C.

Tuesday:

The day will be cloudy with bands of rain, passing northeast from the early morning. Some of this rain will be heavy. Maximum temperature 13 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Bands of rain, some heavy, push northeast with showers, some heavy and thundery, following Wednesday afternoon. These showers clear overnight into Thursday. A further rain band pushes northeast Friday.

Changeable at the start of this period with low pressure to the west or northwest of the UK. This will bring showers or longer spells of rain at times, heaviest and most persistent in the northwest, together with some strong winds. The southeast is likely to be driest and brightest. Later in this period, conditions may become drier and more settled, perhaps more especially in the north or northwest, with the south possibly becoming the focus for showers or longer spells of rain. Temperatures will likely be near or slightly above average overall.

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 possibly east more unsettled and wetter than normal. Temperatures will probably be close to or slightly above average overall.