McKee may opt to miss this weekend's NI Championships

McKee ducked under 47 seconds for the first time this year when clocking 46.91 which left him behind British winner Martin Rooney (46.42).

Strong winds made fast times impossible and Anna Boyle clocked 12.40 to take fourth in the women's 100m.

Derval O'Rourke was third in the 100m hurdles in 13.69.

Boyle's time of was almost a second outside her Northern Ireland record but even the American winner Crystal Cox (12.11) failed to duck under 12 seconds as the sprinters were forced to run into a gale.

Another American Geraldine Pillay was second in 12.16 while Britain's Anike Shand-Wittingham took third in 12.24.

O'Rourke was beaten by Canadian Angela Whyte (13.47) and Norwegian's Christina Vukicevic (13.64) in the hurdles where Britain's Sara McGreavy took fourth in 14.06.

Wind also meant that Paul Hession's 10.80 for third place in the men's 100m was over half-a-second outside his Irish record set in Greece last week.

It was a reasonable effort in the circumstances Paul McKee

Jamaica's Nesta Carter won the men's sprint in 10.66 ahead of Dutchman Caimin Douglas (10.75) and Hession, who had run 10.88 in his earlier heat.

Ireland's Dave Campbell (1:48.90) finished a solid second in the men's 800m behind Australia's Nick Bromley (1:48.59) with Britain's Richard Hill (1:49.60) back in fifth.

Former Irish 400m record holder McKee was happy with his opening 300m in Wednesday's race but said that he had struggled to maintain form in the closing 50 metres.

"There was basically nothing left at that stage and it was a case of trying to hang on," McKee told BBC Sport.

"But it was a reasonable effort in the circumstances. Conditions were very, very windy and I felt that it was worth a couple of tenths faster.

"Things are moving in the right direction. It's going to be a long season and it's a case of doing some good work to get the speed going."

McKee, whose previous best time this season was 47.14, is undecided about whether he will compete in this Saturday's Northern Ireland Championships at the Antrim Forum.

"I will see how I feel on Friday. In previous years, when I was on funding, I felt obliged to compete but I'm not getting the funding now so I don't feel that I really owe anybody this time round.

"If I do run, it will be the 200 but I'll make a decision when I get back home from Norway and have a day's rest."