Whitepark Bay Youth Hostel (County Antrim) weather

Headline:

Heavy rain in the morning and late afternoon.

Today:

Heavy rain clearing east late morning and turning dry with sunny spells. However, heavy showery rain spreads east later in the afternoon, most widespread in the south. Maximum temperature 8 °C.

Tonight:

Heavy showery rain, most extensive in the south, clears east in the evening. Then a largely dry night with some clear spells. Minimum temperature 3 °C.

Monday:

A largely dry day with sunny spells, a chance of showers along the Antrim coast in the morning. Turning cloudier across the west late afternoon with rain spreading east. Maximum temperature 7 °C.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Cloudy with patchy light rain on Tuesday, winds strengthening later. Turning dry with sunny spells and lighter winds on Wednesday. Cloudy with rain clearing to a few showers on Thursday.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC) on Sun 10 Dec 2023

Potential for a band of rain across the UK before becoming more settled later in the week as high pressure builds over southern areas, though remaining in a more wet and windy regime as fronts occasionally push into northern areas. As such, the wettest weather likely across western high ground, mainly in Scotland and occasionally parts of Northern Ireland and northwest England. Settled conditions in the south with average temperatures and cloudy at times with patchy light rain near coasts and over hills. Clearer spells favouring the southeast but these also allowing potential for fog or frost overnight. The following week sees potential for high pressure to decline allowing a return to unsettled conditions and typically average temperatures, favouring the northwest for wettest and windiest conditions.

Updated: 14:00 (UTC) on Sat 9 Dec 2023

More likely to be unsettled compared to the preceding settled spell with bands of rain crossing the UK with brighter conditions and showers in between. The wettest and windiest conditions are most likely in the west and northwest. The chance of a colder spell of weather, with hazards such as snow and ice, does increase later in December and into the New Year period. However, conditions are more likely to remain generally mild and wet.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC) on Sat 9 Dec 2023