It's safe to say that autumn is well and truly here, as the nights become darker and temperatures start to dip further.
For the week ahead, the Met Office is predicting some sunshine and cloudier conditions before bands of rain return towards the weekend.
While Sunday got off to a bright but chilly start for many across Northern Ireland, it was a very different picture by the end of the day with the arrival of some wet and windy weather.
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High pressure will be in charge for the start of the new week, keeping those weather systems at bay. However more showery conditions at times are expected by the end of this week.
Here is the latest weather forecast for the coming days.
Monday:
It will be a rather cloudy and showery morning but sunny intervals will develop more widely as the afternoon goes on, and the showers will die out. Strong to gale southwest winds veering westerly and easing. Maximum temperatures of 14C.
Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:
Tuesday and much of Wednesday will be dry with some sunshine but it will be cloudier with occasional rain later on Wednesday. Thursday will be brighter and drier again.
UK long range weather forecast: Thursday Oct 20 - Saturday Oct 29
The start of the period is likely to be characterised by a series of bands of rain, some of these heavy, spreading northeastwards through the country.
Low pressure is expected to bring further showers or longer periods of rain over the weekend, accompanied by stronger winds in some parts.
The heaviest rain and strongest winds are likely to be focused in western areas to begin with, whilst the northeast is expected to remain dry.
However, as the low pressure system continues to move northeastwards across the UK, conditions may become more widely unsettled, bringing sunny spells between extended showery periods as frontal systems pass.
Western and southern areas are likely to be mild, with some locally colder spells in the northeast. Elsewhere, temperatures near normal, or warm in sunny spells.
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