Met Office reveals Bank Holiday Monday forecast for Northern Ireland

Belfast Telegraph

25-05-2025

Bank Holiday Monday could be a bit of a washout in Northern Ireland, according to forecasters.
Sunday saw spells of sun, wind and rain — and the unsettled weather after days of sunshine looks set to continue into the Spring bank holiday.
The Met Office said there will be some bright or sunny intervals at first, but otherwise cloudy with some showers.
The afternoon is expected to see some longer spells of rain develop.
It will be cool and breezy, with a maximum temperature of 13C.
A changeable Tuesday will see more cloud and rain, although it's expected to be brighter later.
Sunshine and scattered showers are due again on Wednesday, with more rain for a time on Thursday.
There is good chance of some rain here every day until the start of June, with temperatures hovering around the mid-teens for most of this week.
Meanwhile, Met Office figures show that England had its driest start to spring in March and April since 1956, with half the expected rainfall in April and only a quarter of the long-term average in March.
According to the forecaster, until Friday night, Leuchars in Fife went 34 days without rain, while people in Bradford, West Yorkshire, did not see rain for 31 days.
'It's been very dry but it will change to something more unsettled on Sunday morning,' meteorologist Zoe Hatton said.
'Across the north of the countryside of Scotland is likely to be wet and quite miserable initially.
'A band of rain will be moving eastwards overnight lingering in the far north of Scotland. Elsewhere it's not going to be widely wet.
'There's going to be low cloud in places which could produce outbreaks of rain across the Pennines and across higher ground in the south of England, but the main focus will really be northern Scotland.
'As the day moves on that band of rain will move eastwards and we're going to see showers arriving from the west.
'The most likely places affected will be Northern Ireland, Scotland and the north of England, and some quite frequent blustery showers across parts of the country, but drier further south.'
Temperatures on Sunday are expected to peak at about 15C in Scotland, with highs of 21C to 22C in the south of England.
'As we go into bank holiday Monday we're expecting things to stay fairly similar, with showers arriving from the west heaviest and most frequent across the north and west of the country, in Scotland and Northern Ireland,' Ms Hatton said.
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'It's not a complete washout, there will be drier, brighter interludes. It shouldn't feel particularly cold as we go into the new working week.
'Temperatures are expected to start rising by the end of the week, so perhaps feeling a little bit warmer in the sunshine from Friday onwards.'