Barra Best

The alert lasts from midday on Thursday until 22:00 BST across counties Antrim, Armagh and Down.

Frequent wintry showers are expected to continue moving inland, bringing a further risk of snow and icy conditions.

The Met Office has issued a wind warning covering all of Northern Ireland from 09:00 to 21:00 GMT on Tuesday.

An ice warning has been issued for Northern Ireland overnight as low temperatures continue.

The Met Office said temperatures are widely expected to fall close to freezing.

Forecast models suggest some places in NI could be up to 10C warmer than in recent days.

The overnight temperature at Killowen in County Down did not fall below 15.9C on 28 May, making it the warmest night on record for the month.

Temperatures must reach at least 25C on three consecutive days for Northern Ireland to meet official heatwave status.

That heat threshold must be met for at least three consecutive days at the same weather station to be a heatwave.

Skywatchers are set to witness two major celestial events next week, with a deep partial solar eclipse followed by the peak of the Perseid meteor shower.