Ligoniel weather

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Sunshine and heavy showers

Today:

A mostly dry sunny start in Armagh and Down. Elsewhere already a few showers, with some heavy ones around from late morning, and the chance of thunder. Some sunshine in between. Maximum temperature 21 °C.

Tonight:

A few heavy showers at first this evening but dying out with some late sunshine then some clear periods tonight. A cooler night. Minimum temperature 7 °C.

Friday:

A dry and mostly sunny start, but cloud and rain soon moving into southern counties and spreading to the north by afternoon. Some heavy rain possible then showery in evening. Maximum temperature 20 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Early showers on Saturday then dry with some sunshine. Sunday and Monday mostly bright and breezy but a little patchy rain is possible.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Thu 18 Jul 2019

This period will likely see a northwest to southeast split in the weather across the UK with northwestern parts experiencing spells of rain, which could be heavy at times, as well as some periods of strong wind bringing a risk of coastal gales. By contrast, the southern and southeastern parts of the UK should see much drier and warmer weather, which could become hot and rather humid at times, especially early to mid next week. The south and southeast will not be without rain but it will be less frequent than in the northwest. The weather signals become more mixed as we head towards the end of July, but the northwest to southeast split in the weather will most probably continue through this period.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Thu 18 Jul 2019

As we move early August, the final month of the meteorological summer, confidence is low in the forecast with no one single weather pattern looking to dominate. As is often the case in summer, this could well mean plenty of fine, dry weather, interspersed with occasional thundery outbreaks, leading to marked local variations in rainfall. Temperatures are likely to be above average, perhaps more especially in the south and west.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Thu 18 Jul 2019