Largely cloudy, with some patchy drizzle or snow grains in the south and east. Sunny spells developing to the north of high ground, particularly across parts of Devon, Cornwall, Wales, northern England, Northern Ireland and northern Scotland. Strong winds affecting Northern Ireland, western parts of Scotland and the Hebrides. Mild for Northern Ireland and Scotland but chilly across England and Wales - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the morning of 18/01/2025. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Amy Bokota.
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00:00Good morning, it's going to be a cold and grey start to the weekend for much of the
00:04UK but there will be some brighter spells developing later and it will be dry for many
00:09and that's thanks to this area of high pressure centred over central Europe and that will
00:13bring in cold air across the UK as we head through Saturday.
00:16Further away from the high pressure we do have strong winds across the western half
00:19of the country and towards the end of Sunday we do have this weak frontal system slowly
00:24pushing in from the west introducing some light rain and drizzle.
00:28Back to this morning though, so a very cloudy picture for much of the UK, lots of thick
00:33layers of cloud particularly in the south and east where cloud could be thick enough
00:36to give some light drizzle or perhaps even some snow grains, the frozen equivalent of
00:41drizzle for the south and east of England.
00:43But to the north of high ground for parts of Devon and Cornwall, for parts of Wales,
00:47Northern England, Northern Ireland and particularly Northern Scotland, sunny spells as we head
00:51in towards the afternoon.
00:53For Northern Ireland and for western parts of Scotland though there will be a strong
00:56southerly breeze and this will be particularly gusty at times, especially over high ground
01:01and for parts of the Hebrides as well.
01:04Temperatures as we head through Saturday then are going to be generally mild across the
01:08far north of Northern Ireland and parts of Northern Scotland as well, 7 or 8 and perhaps
01:13a 10 for Northern Ireland but noticeably cooler still across the south and east, perhaps only
01:17getting to 3 or 4 for the southern eastern half of England.
01:22Through the rest of Saturday then, that thick layer of cloud going to linger on in the south
01:26but we do have some clear spells through the evening and where we see those clear spells
01:30overnight we could get some frosty and foggy patches forming.
01:34Further west though we do start to see that frontal system arriving into the early hours
01:38of Sunday, giving some light and patchy rain for parts of Northern Ireland and for the
01:42Hebrides and western Scotland as well.
01:46It'll be a cool and chilly start to the day on Sunday for many as well.
01:50Temperatures at best are going to be around 0 to minus 1 in the far southeast, so we're
01:55still getting quite a cool feel off the continent and we could still see temperatures in the
01:59minus degrees and some frost for parts of Northern England and particularly parts of
02:03Northern Wales under those clearer skies.
02:05Elsewhere, further west and for parts of Northern Ireland and Scotland, still the mildest start
02:09to the day, temperatures around 5 or 6 degrees here.
02:14Moving through Sunday then, so holding onto quite a dry picture for much of the UK, still
02:18thick cloud with that perhaps of some drizzle at times, but for parts of Northern Ireland
02:24and for the Hebrides we do still see that frontal system slowly and steadily moving
02:28its way eastwards as we head through Sunday.
02:31Light rain and patchy drizzle here, but it'll be a particularly damp day for the Hebrides.
02:35Temperatures still going to be milder across the west, perhaps 10 degrees in the southwest,
02:407 or 6 degrees for Scotland, but the coolest temperatures will be northeast England here.
02:45It could still be struggling around 1 or 2 degrees on Sunday.
02:50And that's all your weather from me.
02:52If you want to find out any more about what's due on the weekend and into next week, please
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