Knocklayd (County Antrim) weather

Headline:

Cloudy with rain becoming widespread and heavy later.

Today:

Cloudy with outbreaks of rain in the southwest soon becoming patchy and spreading east. This rain becomes widespread and heavy at times through the late afternoon. Maximum temperature 11 °C.

Tonight:

Overcast with widespread and locally heavy rain in the evening, soon becoming patchy and lighter, then turning mainly dry before dawn. Minimum temperature 6 °C.

Saturday:

Cloudy but dry at first, outbreaks of widespread and heavy rain soon extend north before gradually easing from the south from late afternoon. Maximum temperature 10 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Dry at first Sunday, further widespread and heavy rain later. Dry again early Monday before a further band of rain tracks north later, clearing to dry again later Tuesday.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC) on Fri 8 Dec 2023

Initially unsettled but mild, with rain clearing northern areas whilst showers and sunny spells expected in the south - potential for heavier showers merging into longer spells of rain. By mid-week becoming more settled as high pressure affects southern areas whilst remaining a more wet and windy regime in the north. 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 returns to unsettled conditions but average to mild temperatures, though favouring the northwest for wettest and windiest conditions.

Updated: 14:00 (UTC) on Thu 7 Dec 2023

Most likely to be unsettled with further 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 Thu 7 Dec 2023