Ballypatrick Forest (County Antrim) weather

Headline:

Dry sunny morning, afternoon cloudy with rain, some heavy, Sunday.

This Evening and Tonight:

Last of the isolated showers soon dying out during the evening to leave a dry night with clear spells overnight, as west to southwest winds ease light inland. Minimum temperature 9 °C.

Sunday:

A fine, dry sunny morning. Cloud and rain spreading from the west during the afternoon with heavier outbreaks developing across northern and western districts. Maximum temperature 21 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Some early rain in the north Monday, otherwise mainly dry and increasingly bright. Tuesday brings warm highs, brighter spells and isolated showers. Wednesday warm, mainly dry, occasionally bright.

A changeable pattern at first with spells showers, which may be locally heavy and perhaps thundery, but there will be drier interludes. Showers will tend to ease through the early part of the period as high pressure builds. Much of England could still see warm or very warm temperatures for at least a couple of days and there is a possibility that the heat could last further into the week, especially in the south. Beyond this high pressure will likely continue to build from the Atlantic leading to plenty of fine weather with perhaps the odd heavy shower or thunderstorm. Meanwhile a rather more changeable and breezier theme will continue further to the north but it may become increasingly settled. Temperatures will probably continue to be above normal.

High pressure, and therefore largely settled conditions overall, appears more likely at first. Although dry weather is likely to dominate, periods of rain or showers and thunderstorms may develop at times. Above average temperatures overall seem most likely, with the potential for further hot spells to develop, especially in the east and south. By the turn of the month, there are signals for high pressure to become less dominant with perhaps a greater chance of some rain, though there is some uncertainty in this aspect of the forecast.