Belfast International Youth Hostel (County Antrim) weather

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Mostly dry, bright Sunday. Rain spreads east through afternoon.

This Evening and Tonight:

The evening will begin dry with clear periods. Cloud will soon increase from the west with a few showers spreading spreading slowly east from the late evening. Minimum temperature 0 °C.

Sunday:

The odd shower possible first thing. Otherwise a dry, bright and cold morning. Cloud will spread east with rain following from the west from the late afternoon. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Monday will begin cloudy with showers merging into longer periods of rain at times. Tuesday and Wednesday will stay mostly dry with occasional bright spells, and a few showers.

Changeable and often unsettled conditions are expected to affect the UK during this period. The most likely weather pattern is one of successive areas of low pressure moving in from the west or southwest and then tending to become rather slow-moving in the vicinity of the UK. This means a story of showers or longer spells of rain, with almost anywhere seeing some heavy rainfall at times, but the greatest chance of wetter than normal conditions will be in the west. Any snowfall is most likely over higher ground in the north. Strong winds are also a possibility from time to time, again perhaps more likely in western areas. Given the changeable pattern originating from the Atlantic, temperatures will most likely be close to or a little above normal.

A broad continuation of the weather patterns experienced in early December is the most likely scenario through this period. This means low pressure is likely to carry on dominating the UK's weather, especially through the middle part of December. Further spells of rain, interspersed by clear, showery interludes, along with some windy conditions at times; again the wettest conditions are more likely to be in the west. Later in December, there are still hints of something a little less unsettled developing, though long-lived dry spells look unlikely. Temperatures remaining close to or perhaps a little above average overall.