Cloughmills (County Antrim) weather

Headline:

Dry and rather cloudy today. Rain tonight.

Today:

All parts will have a dry day. A good deal of cloud around at times but a few bright spells breaking through at times, more especially this morning. Quite warm. Maximum temperature 20 °C.

Tonight:

After a dry start this evening rain will soon spread east. Then the rest of night will be cloudy with rain, occasionally heavy. Turning drier across the far west later. Minimum temperature 13 °C.

Thursday:

Overnight rain across the east soon clearing away to leave a mainly dry with some sunny spells. Maximum temperature 18 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Cloudy on Friday with rain at times. Drier over the weekend but rain possible for a time on Saturday night.

A low pressure system passes to the northwest of the UK early in the period bringing wetter windier conditions to the northwest. Drier in the southeast at first before the wetter conditions move through the early part of the week. From there further low pressure systems are likely to the northwest of the UK at times, bringing wet and windy conditions to the northwest. Whilst some rain or showers are possible across the south and east, longer drier spells are more likely, under the influence of higher pressure. There is also the chance of some occasional very warm, perhaps locally hot weather, as brief bursts of hotter air encroach from the continent, but probably fairly short-lived and perhaps also accompanied by a few thunderstorms at times.

Conditions will likely continue to be changeable through much of July. The wettest and windiest conditions most likely towards the northwest with a risk of some heavy rain at times, especially over hills. Southern and eastern areas are most favoured for longer drier and more settled spells, although even here some occasional rain or showers will be possible, perhaps thundery. There are signs of more widely settled weather during the second half of July, however this signal is very tentative. Temperatures are expected to be above average for most areas, especially towards the southeast where there will be an ongoing chance of some very warm or hot conditions at times.