This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the weekend 16/01/2025. High pressure will maintain settled weather for many this weekend but there'll still be plenty of low cloud and mist around. It will also feel colder in the south. Bringing you this weekend’s weather forecast is Aidan McGivern.
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00:00Hi there. High pressure will be strongly influential across the UK this weekend
00:04but that doesn't always mean sunny or warm. Far from it in fact with that high
00:09pressure sitting to the southeast we're actually going to draw up some chilly
00:13air across southern parts of the UK in particular and further low cloud at
00:17times as well. Meanwhile for Scotland and Northern Ireland more of a breeze and a
00:21maritime influence so not quite as chilly but still temperatures of 9, 10, 11
00:26Celsius and very windy in the far northwest of Scotland coastal gales
00:30along with a few spots of rain perhaps with this area of rain extending out
00:34towards the Atlantic. Meanwhile there will be some cloud breaks out there
00:38across the UK on Saturday afternoon. Northern England, parts of Wales, Northern
00:42Scotland favoured especially where the wind comes in from the south and breaks
00:47up the cloud over high ground but there will be low cloud around particularly
00:52towards the southeast and that low cloud coming in from a chilly continent
00:56could give a few spots of drizzle or in fact one or two snow grains but for most
01:02it's a settled Saturday albeit rather chilly out there three degrees fairly
01:07widely across England and Wales a little milder for Scotland and Northern Ireland
01:12although with an increased wind. Now into Saturday night so this weather front
01:16does become closer it moves in very slowly from the west but it comes up
01:20against high pressure which is slowly loosening its grip across the UK. However
01:25for all intents and purposes it's a very similar day on Sunday compared with
01:29Saturday we start off with a touch of frost in places perhaps as low as minus
01:33three if we get lengthy clear spells overnight most likely through northern
01:37parts of England, North Wales, Northern Scotland but where we keep the low cloud
01:41it's going to start off yeah quite chilly but frost free. A few fog patches
01:46around as well could last until the afternoon otherwise it's a very similar
01:50picture on Saturday low cloud perhaps a few spots of drizzle and snow grains two
01:55or three Celsius in the east milder in the west and the north the cloud
02:00thickens in the northwest later with outbreaks of rain slowly beginning to
02:04arrive from the Atlantic with a weakening weather front. Meanwhile this
02:08is taking place across North America a very significant cold plunge air coming
02:14all the way from the Arctic into much of Canada and the United States bringing
02:19unusually cold weather. Why is that important? Well it will actually impact
02:25the UK's weather going into next week and that's because as that cold air
02:29comes south it collides with warmer subtropical air that temperature
02:34contrast fires up a very active jet stream which will eventually make its
02:39way across the Atlantic and send the UK a very significant change in weather
02:44from the middle of next week so much more unsettled with Atlantic lows
02:49arriving bringing spells of wet and windy weather. We'll get you updated on
02:53all of that and you can follow our updates as always on the Met Office
02:57YouTube channel. Bye bye.