Bright today, rain tonight, snow flurries over the weekend

This afternoon

Bright with some very hazy sunshine although later the cloud will thicken.

Temperature 8'c to 10'c in the south and east, 11'c to 12'c in the north and west

Wind SE 23-29mph becoming 35-42mph

Rainfall 0mm

Tonight

Cloud thickening further to bring rain across the island which may be heavy at times although it will ease off around dawn. Risk of low cloud and hill fog in the south of the island.

Temperature 6'c to 7'c

Wind SE 35-45mph becoming S 16-22mph soon after midnight

Rainfall 6-8mm

Tomorrow (thursday)

A fairly cloudy start but a few bright spells should develop with just the outside chance of a shower. There will also be some low cloud covering the hills in the south at times. Later in the day the cloud will thicken up to bring further showery rain for the evening.

Temperature 10'c to 12'c

Wind S 15-20mph becoming SE 25-32 later

Rainfall 0.2-1mm

Friday

Sunny spells at times with just the odd scattered shower here and there. Possibly some rain later in the day.

Temperature 10'c to 12'c

Wind S 10-15mph becoming SE the E through the day

Saturday

Much colder with cloud and possibly a little rain at first but sunny spells are likely to develop although the temperature will be gradually falling throughout the day bringing the risk of some snow flurries during the afternoon. Temperature 5'c at first falling to 3'c

Wind ENE 25-30mph becoming 32-38mph Sunday

A cold day with large areas of cloud moving through bringing the risk of a few snow flurries at times.

Temperature 2'c in the south and east, 0'c to 1'c in the north and west

Wind NE 28-34mph