Lambing time, but it still doesn’t feel like Spring
THE arrival of newborn lambs and yesterday’s settled sunny weather might have led some of us to believe that spring has finally sprung in Northern Ireland.
But it looks like that’s not the case, at least in the short term, according to the Met Office.
Cloudy, wet and windy weather, with some gales around the coast, are on the way in a nasty frontal system arriving next week.
So don’t pack away the winter woollies just yet — there’s colder weather and the potential for some hail on the horizon, although we could get a few sunny spells, particularly on Sunday afternoon, before next week’s bitter blast.
Northern Ireland’s weather does not look like settling into spring even when looking towards the middle of the month, said the Met Office’s Luke Miall.
While the more southern parts of the UK will enjoy a little bit more settled sunshine and warmer temperatures sooner, it will take a little bit longer to make its way north, Miall added.
Saturday will be cloudy with outbreaks of rain, some persistent over the high ground in the west, lighter and more scattered in the east, and the possibility of gale force winds along the coast. It will be mildish with a top temperature of 12C.
It will be brighter with only occasional showers on Sunday and a bright start to Monday, then cloudy with rain. Showers are expected on Tuesday. Temperatures
will hover around 9 Celsius. The forecast is for temperatures to dip lower towards midweek as Wednesday dawns distinctly wintry, and with the possibility of hail, according to the Met Office.
Maybe time to self-isolate until spring really comes... hopefully in a couple of weeks.