Rain and another 'dull overcast day' on cards for Northern Ireland with 'fresh to strong northeast winds'
The Met Office have quite literally poured cold water on claims that snow is coming our way in the near future.
The news comes after some media reports claimed that snow was coming our way in days.
But Meteorologist Georgie Myers says: ‘Some mountains in Scotland might see some snow showers due to colder air moving South, but it’s not likely NI will see any snow’.
And meteorologist Clare Nasir said ‘rainfall totals continue to rise’ as ‘air turns colder from the north and you will notice the difference’.
She adds that later today ‘rain will be intense as it slowly moves northwards’ and the ‘rain could turn wintry over high ground in Scotland’.
According to the Northern Ireland Met Office today will be ‘mainly dry and rather cloudy’ with ‘some patchy rain appearing, most frequently in the far north and west of the Province’.
They add that the ‘best of the limited brighter spells to the south and east of Lough Neagh’ although ‘coastal winds occasionally strong’.
There will be a maximum temperature 12 °C.
And tonight will be ‘cloudy with rain, this patchy at first then turning persistent and heavy in places late evening and overnight’.
There will be freshening Northeast winds and a minimum temperature 7 °C.
Thursday will be ‘a dull, overcast day with periods of rain that turns heavy at times’.
Temperatures significantly lower than Wednesday and feeling cold in fresh to strong northeast winds.
There will be a maximum temperature 9 °C.
Whilst, according to the Met Office, the outlook for Friday to Sunday will be ‘occasional rain for much of Friday, perhaps early Saturday, then mainly dry with occasional bright spells’.
And looking further ahead, the UK long range weather forecast indicates that Sunday 16 Nov - Tuesday 25 Nov will be: ‘Central and northern parts of the UK will likely be in a colder but drier regime than of late with overnight frost, and some showers near windward coasts in particular which may be wintry on high ground in the north.
‘However, across the south it is likely to be cloudier and wetter initially, with some uncertainty as to how quickly this clears away to the south.
‘It is most likely that the bulk of the UK will experience drier and colder conditions into the first part of next week.
‘Later in the period there is increasing uncertainty, but a trend towards more changeable conditions is possible, with some rain or showers in places, and perhaps some hill snow at times in the north.
‘Temperatures overall may return to near average.’
Meanwhile the forecast for Thursday 27 Nov - Thursday 11 Dec is: ‘Whilst the expected weather patterns during late November are very uncertain, there is a greater than normal chance of spells of higher pressure towards the north or northwest of the UK and spells of lower pressure towards the south.
‘This means that northern parts of the UK may be somewhat drier and a little colder than normal, with an enhanced risk of overnight frost and possibly fog, whilst southern and western parts may be wetter than normal, with temperatures near or a little above normal.
‘All parts are likely to see some spells of wind and rain though, with hill snow possible, mainly in the north.’