Warmer weather is on the way to Northern Ireland this week – but the rain is also set to stay, according to the Met Office.
Monday will be mostly dry with some brighter spells between areas of cloud, reaching highs of 12C, forecasters said.
The weather will be milder than last week, which saw temperatures largely staying in single digits.
Winds from the south will drag mild air across the whole of the UK and Ireland, bringing warmer weather with them.
Things will get slightly warmer on Tuesday, with highs of 15C, but it’s likely to be cloudy with occasional showers of rain which may be heavy in places.
Wednesday will be cloudy with outbreaks of heavy rain, with highs of 15C making any dry and sunny spells feel warm.
Winds will ease on Thursday, turning drier and brighter with highs of 16C, but a few showers will still linger.
Meteorologist Tom Morgan said next weekend is “looking pretty unsettled”, with the North West including Scotland and Northern Ireland being wet and windy but possibly less so in the South East.
He added: “So it will be pretty autumnal with temperatures that might be much higher than this weekend, so into mid-teen temperatures.”
However, parts of England could see a 10C bump in temperatures as a short period of fine weather is predicted for midweek.
The Met Office is forecasting that the chilly temperatures of this weekend will give way to much milder conditions there during the week, with East Anglia and the Home Counties seeing up to 22C on Wednesday.
But Mr Morgan said the country would not be seeing an Indian summer this week as the better weather will be replaced by wet and windy conditions by next weekend.
He said: “Temperatures are going to rise gradually, peaking probably on Wednesday in eastern areas, and we might well see in some spots 20C, and 22C is not out of question, probably in eastern England – so East Anglia down towards the South East.
“But it will be much milder compared to now for everyone.
“It’s possible we could exceed 20C in London, but the peak temperatures might well be up towards the Home Counties and up to Cambridgeshire.”
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