Weather for the week ahead: Snow possible but NI to miss worst as amber alert issued

There's a chance of snow in some areas of Northern Ireland in the days ahead as signs of spring continue to remain out of reach, the latest Met Office forecast shows.

There's a mixture of sunshine and showers ahead in the coming days, with colder days to come between Tuesday and Thursday leading to the chance of "hill snow" ahead.

While much of England and Wales is set to get hit with widespread rain on Monday - with an amber weather warning in place for much of South Wales including Swansea and Cardiff - Northern Ireland is set to miss the worst of it.

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The forecast from Sunday night through the rest of the week from the Met Office is as follows:

Sunday night

A mixture of clear spells and blustery showers, some heavy in the west. A mild and breezy night with fresh southwesterly winds. Minimum temperature 5 °C.

Monday

A mainly dry morning with sunny spells and the odd passing shower. Cloudier in the afternoon with showers developing more widely for a time. Breezy. Maximum temperature 11 °C.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday

Sunshine and showers on Tuesday. Rain on Wednesday morning then dry and bright. Mainly dry and bright on Thursday but a chance of rain and hill snow later. Feeling colder.

UK long range forecast (February 28 - March 9)

Dry and fine with some warm sunshine for many as we finish the week and head into meteorological spring. Into next week, northwestern areas will likely turn cloudier with spells of rain, as Atlantic weather systems push in from the west. These weather fronts will mainly affect the northwest of the UK, but wet and breezy weather could spread further south and east at times. Generally the best of the weather is expected in the southeast. Here, the weather will be mainly dry and bright with light winds and warm sunshine, but occasional rain and showers are still a possibility. Temperatures are likely to be above average overall, perhaps a little cooler further north where it will be cloudier and breezier.

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