Moira (County Antrim) weather

Headline:

Mainly dry, occasionally bright morning, rain later. Breeze.

Today:

Occasional bright spells on a mainly dry morning. Cloud thickening through afternoon, bringing patchy rain to all by early evening. Winds west to southwest fresh to strong. Maximum temperature 16 °C.

Tonight:

Periods of rain through the evening and much of the night, clearing to only a few light well scattered showers come dawn Tuesday, as the strong winds veer northwesterly. Minimum temperature 8 °C.

Tuesday:

Cool, windy day with mix of brighter spells and showers. Outbreaks turning quite frequent, occasionally heavy for the afternoon. Strong west to northwest winds reaching near gale for the morning. Maximum temperature 15 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Wednesday cool and windy with showers focused in north and west. Winds easing and mainly dry for Thursday. Rain later Friday.

It will likely be quite cloudy with outbreaks of rain and potentially strong winds across northwestern areas on Saturday, while somewhat drier and brighter in more southern and eastern parts. By Sunday this wetter zone of weather is likely to sink further south into more central parts, with showers following into the northwest. Confidence is low for early next week, but the chance of some rain or showers in places, more especially in the west and northwest, before a trend towards higher pressure building in the vicinity of the UK from midweek onwards, leading to a more blocked pattern thereafter. After a chilly start to the weekend, temperatures will return to near-normal for mid-September, possibly above-average in places from later next week.

The focus for wetter weather overall is more likely to return to north and especially northwestern areas, whilst southern and eastern areas have a greater chance of being drier relative to earlier in the month. Temperatures are likely to be around average overall, though with greater potential for brief spells of warm weather in the south.