Northern Ireland weather

Headline:

Rain spreading northeast this afternoon. Mild again.

Today:

A few showers this morning, some brightness breaking through for a time. Thickening cloud will bring rain across all parts this afternoon. Freshening wind along the east coast. Mild. Maximum temperature 13 °C.

Tonight:

Cloudy with rain this evening. Drier and clearer weather with a few showers will follow from the west in the early hours. Windy across the north later. Minimum temperature 5 °C.

Wednesday:

A breezy day with some bright or sunny intervals, scattered showers developing by the afternoon. Maximum temperature 11 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Remaining changeable with sunny spells and scattered showers for the rest of the week. Still quite mild.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC) on Tue 21 Mar 2023

Saturday is likely to be unsettled with showers for many, these perhaps turning wintry, especially over high ground in the north, but becoming drier from the west through the day. Strong winds in the south and east at first, tending to ease with time. Sunday will likely bring further rain and perhaps windy conditions to the south, whilst northern areas see brighter skies and wintry showers. After a mostly dry start to next week with some frost, further periods of strong winds and rain are expected with perhaps a trend for the wettest weather to be in the south. Temperatures likely close to average in the south, but rather cold in the north, with a risk of wintry conditions here.

Updated: 14:00 (UTC) on Mon 20 Mar 2023

To start the period, a continuation of unsettled conditions is the most likely. Moving further into April, a chance of more settled weather is predicted, with drier conditions more probable. Any wetter conditions are more likely in the far south. There is a chance that temperatures may trend cooler than average through this period.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC) on Mon 20 Mar 2023