Antrim weather

Headline:

Bright start then showery rain spreading to the south.

Today:

A bright start with some sunshine in the north. Rain reaching southern counties during the morning, spreading to the northeast for a time but staying dry in the northwest. Maximum temperature 20 °C.

Tonight:

Some rain or showers across the south and east, but the northwest staying dry, and skies will clear everywhere later in the night. Minimum temperature 11 °C.

Saturday:

A bright and mainly dry day with some sunny spells. Perhaps one or two light showers. Maximum temperature 21 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

A bright start on Sunday then cloudy with patchy rain. Some heavier rain on Sunday night and early Monday then bright dry and quite warm.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 19 Jul 2019

This period will tend to 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, southern and southeastern parts of the UK should see much drier and warmer weather, which could be hot and rather humid at times, especially early to mid next week. Potential for thunderstorms to develop as any hot, settled weather breaks down from the west. Beyond that, the signals become more mixed although overall the northwest to southeast split will most probably continue. The south and southeast is likely to see some rain but it will be less frequent than in the northwest.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 19 Jul 2019

As we move into 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 rain or 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 Fri 19 Jul 2019