Orlock Head (County Down) weather

Headline:

Dry and bright start then rain spreading southeast Monday afternoon.

This Evening and Tonight:

A bright start to the evening with showers in the north soon dying out. It will then be a dry night with clear periods developing. It will also be a cooler night with brisk northwesterly winds. Minimum temperature 8 °C.

Monday:

Dry with sunny spells during the morning. Becoming cloudy in the afternoon with outbreaks of mostly light rain spreading southeast. Maximum temperature 16 °C.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Early rain soon clearing Tuesday morning, then sunny spells and scattered showers. Similar conditions on Wednesday and Thursday and feeling colder with fresh northwest winds.

Many areas will be dry at first under a ridge of high pressure, although an increasing chance of cloud, rain and strengthening winds in at least northwestern areas by and during the weekend, with the best of any lengthy drier and brighter spells in southern and eastern parts. After a cool start to the period, temperatures will recover during the weekend as a westerly flow becomes established. While confidence is low, by the middle of next week there are signs that high pressure may become increasingly influential on the weather across the UK, and potentially becoming rather warm in places. That said, some rain or showers are still possible, more especially in the south and/or far northwest.

The focus for wetter weather overall is more likely to return to north and especially northwestern areas, whilst southern and eastern areas have a greater chance of being drier relative to earlier in the month. Temperatures are likely to be around average overall, though with greater potential for brief spells of warm weather in the south.