FORECASTERS have predicted that plummeting temperatures could bring the odd flurry of snow in Northern Ireland later this week.
The Met Office has issued warnings about high winds with colder temperatures from Wednesday, accompanied by the chance of wintry showers.
The yellow warning issued by the Met Office for the north as well as parts of western Scotland was in response to high winds on Monday afternoon.
The statement said gusts of 50-60 mph are expected across the affected area with isolated gusts of 65 mph in the north of Northern Ireland.
The Met Office said: "Some disruption is possible to road, air and ferry transport, whilst localised power interruptions are possible".
January was the driest in Northern Ireland in 20 years, according to meteorologists.
Armagh Observatory said the month was the ninth driest on record since daily rainfall records began in 1838.
Total rainfall for the month was 27.6mm (1.09 inches), which was less than 38 per cent of the average January precipitation at Armagh.
The mean temperature was approximately 5.6 degrees Celsius, slightly cooler than last January but almost 1.5 degrees Celsuis warmer than the long-term average.
The warmest day was January 10 and 25 when a temperature of 11.7 degrees Celsius was reached, while the coldest day was January 12 when a temperature of 2.5 degrees Celsius was recorded.
January 2017 was also slightly sunnier than average with just over four per cent more rain than the long-term average.
There were two days with light snow cover, each with less than a couple of centimetres of snow lying and there were several sharp ground frosts, the coldest of which, on January 23, had a minimum grass temperature of -10.4 C.
