'Humid and muggy conditions' expected in 20°C sunshine today in Northern Ireland
Temperatures should stay around 20°C today in Northern Ireland, after cloudy, patchy rain gives way to sunny spells.
But Met Office meteorologist Annie Shuttleworth warns that it could ‘feel humid and muggy in any sunshine’.
She advised that there ‘will be showers across Scotland and Northern Ireland this afternoon, as well as a few over central and southwestern parts of England,’ she added.
She said there will be ‘pulses of rain throughout the rest of the week’.
The Met Office Northern Ireland says from the early morning ‘bright or sunny spells develop and many places become dry with only the occasional shower from mid-morning’.
And tonight will see ‘bright or clear spells continue as showers die during the evening’.
Meanwhile, ‘cloud will increase towards midnight and outbreaks of locally heavy rain spread northeast towards morning’.
There will be a minimum temperature 11 °C.
And tomorrow (Thursday) will be ‘cloudy with outbreaks of locally heavy rain’, according to the Met Office.
But this rain ‘will clear during the afternoon and sunny spells follow towards the evening’.
The Met Office say there will be a maximum temperature 20 °C.
And the outlook for Friday to Sunday is ‘outbreaks of locally heavy rain Friday clears overnight to leave Saturday and Sunday mostly dry with sunny spells’.
And looking further ahead the forecast for Sunday 21 Jun - Tuesday 30 Jun is: ‘Probably a north-south split at the start of this period.
‘In the north, changeable and often rather cloudy with showers or some longer spells of rain, perhaps heavy at times, and temperatures near normal.
‘In the south, mainly fine and dry with temperatures well above normal, albeit with a small risk of a few showers or thunderstorms at times.
‘Into late June, high pressure may begin to build with conditions becoming more widely dry and settled. Temperatures are likely to be above normal for many areas.’
And the forecast for Wednesday 1 Jul - Wednesday 15 Jul is: ‘High pressure patterns are slightly more likely than low pressure patterns during this period, meaning settled and drier than average conditions are most probable.
‘However, there is still a chance of some changeable, more unsettled conditions could develop at times.
‘Temperatures are likely to be above normal, with a greater than normal chance of hot conditions developing’.