Magilligan (County Londonderry) weather

Headline:

Breezy and cold with wintry showers on Wednesday.

Today:

Mostly cloudy with some bright or sunny spells and blustery, wintry showers, which may be heavy at times. Feeling colder in the fresh to strong west to northwest winds, perhaps some coastal gales. Maximum temperature 7 °C.

Tonight:

Some heavy wintry showers this evening then becoming dry with some clear spells overnight leading to a touch of frost, Winds easing. Minimum temperature 0 °C.

Thursday:

A dry, bright start then clouding over with outbreaks of mainly light rain developing. Freshening southwesterly winds. Maximum temperature 9 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Friday and Saturday will bring clear or sunny intervals and showers, with strong winds at times. Wet and windy for a time on Sunday then brighter with showers later.

A broadly changeable pattern will continue, at least through the first part of this period, as further frontal systems move across parts of the UK, bringing rain and stronger winds at times. Weather fronts are likely to be more active across northern areas, meaning the wettest and windiest conditions are more likely here. As they come south, often running in to a ridge of higher pressure extending from the southwest, fronts will generally weaken and rainfall amounts will be smaller. This area of high pressure is likely to become increasingly dominant through the period, with more settled conditions perhaps becoming more prevalent across the UK. In this setup, temperatures will probably pan out close to average overall, with some overnight frost where skies are clear and winds light.

High pressure will likely be more dominant at the start of this period, the centre of which transferring from somewhere west or southwest of the UK to somewhere north of the UK. As such, plenty of dry weather seems most likely, but with changes in wind direction leading to some quite marked differences in cloud amounts and temperature from day to day. Moving further into April, there is a chance that high pressure will become less dominant and thus there is a greater chance of more places seeing some rain and possible stronger winds from time to time. Overall, temperatures will likely be near to average.