The weekend is almost here again and for most of us it'll be a long one thanks to the St Patrick's Day bank holiday.
The Met Office has shared their weather outlook for the weekend for Northern Ireland. The forecaster says high pressure will be dominant on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, leading to mostly dry conditions with variable amounts of cloud Just the odd light spot of drizzle is possible at times with some gentle winds.
Tom Morgan, a meteorologist at the Met Office, said: “We have an Arctic air mass in place across the UK at the moment, compared to a much milder continental air mass last weekend. Last weekend, we had very mild southerly winds coming up from North Africa and Spain bringing those temperatures into the teens.
“On Monday, we saw cold fronts sink southwards across the UK, and that introduced colder, Arctic air.”
He added: “This is not unusual, we do see snow and frost in March quite often. If anything, it was last weekend that was fairly unusual to see temperatures as high as 18 or 19°C.
“With climate change, we can expect higher temperatures earlier in the year becoming a bit more likely and shorter winters with less extreme, less cold conditions.”
Here's the latest outlook for the coming days:
Friday:
Mostly dry with patchy cloud and sunny spells throughout the day. A few showers in the east through the morning but these clearing by the afternoon. Maximum temperature 10°C.
Outlook for Saturday to Monday:
Settled over the weekend to Monday and remaining largely dry but the odd shower can't be ruled out. Some long spells of sunshine breaking through at times.
UK long range weather forecast: Tuesday 18 March - Thursday 27 March
High pressure is expected to be centred to the east of the UK for much of next week. Initially there should be a good deal of dry weather with sunny spells by day, but still the potential for some chilly nights at first. Daytime temperatures will probably start around average, but gradually increase day by day.
As we move towards the weekend and into the following week, we are likely to see a gradual transition to less settled conditions. So rain or showers are expected at times, mostly focussed across the south and west at first, then more widely later. With winds predominantly coming from the south or southwest it will also become much milder, possibly warm in places.
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