Stormont Castle weather

Headline:

Sunny spells and heavy showers on Monday.

Today:

A rather cloudy start, but some bright or sunny intervals developing in the afternoon. Scattered showers will break out from late morning. These occasionally heavy in the afternoon. Maximum temperature 16 °C.

Tonight:

Showers soon dying out to give a mainly dry evening and night. Clear spells and light winds will lead to a chilly night, particularly in rural locations. Minimum temperature 1 °C.

Tuesday:

A largely dry day with sunny spells and light winds. The odd light shower is possible in the afternoon. Maximum temperature 17 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Dry with some sunny spells Wednesday, but cloud increasing from the southwest. Mainly dry but rather cloudy on Thursday and Friday, perhaps a few spots of rain.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Mon 20 May 2019

Friday is likely to be a showery day with variable but often large amounts of cloud. Any sunny spells may trigger heavy showers with a risk of thunder and showers may merge to give longer spells of rain across the north and the far south. Temperatures should be near to normal. This changeable weather is expected to continue into the Bank Holiday weekend with strong winds and spells of rain likely, at first, before clearing to a mixture of sunshine and showers. Showers may become heavy and thundery across southern areas with temperatures generally near to or slightly below average. The rest of the period remains rather uncertain, although the weather is expected to become largely settled interrupted by spells of changeable weather.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Mon 20 May 2019

Confidence in the forecast is low for the first half of June, but the most likely scenario is for a slowly evolving weather pattern to become established, with Atlantic weather systems struggling to make eastwards progress across the UK. Overall, settled weather is most likely across northern parts of the UK, but these settled spells will extend to all areas at times. These periods of drier and settled weather will occasionally be punctuated by cooler, showery spells as Atlantic weather systems arrive from the west, albeit temporarily. Temperatures are likely to trend mostly close to normal as we move through June.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Mon 20 May 2019