Northern Ireland

Headline:

Dry start, rain soon spreads east Friday.

This Evening and Tonight:

Mainly dry this evening with just the odd passing shower. Then the rest of the night will be dry. Westerly winds easing down, but remaining fresh along the north coast. Minimum temperature 11 °C.

Friday:

After a dry start rain will spread east during the morning, turning light and patchy from the west in the afternoon. Maximum temperature 18 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Mostly dry with bright spells on Saturday, the odd passing shower in the north. Dry at first on Sunday, rain spreading east later. Dry, warmer with bright spells on Monday.

The first part of this period will likely see a build of pressure across much of the UK, with Atlantic weather fronts becoming more confined to the far north west. As such, plenty of dry and increasingly warm and perhaps rather humid weather will develop across the majority of areas. Thereafter, likely turning changeable again, with spells of rain and showers interspersed with some short-lived spells of more settled weather and temperatures returning to near normal overall.

Changeable and perhaps unsettled weather may become more frequent as we move into October, with periods of rain and stronger winds becoming more likely to spread from the west, although with some transient drier and brighter spells also. As is not untypical as we move towards mid-October, deeper low pressure systems could bring occasional periods of very strong winds. Temperatures are likely to remain above normal overall, though brief cooler interludes are also possible.