Cloudy conditions continue for most today, with low cloud across the UK. Outbreaks of drizzly rain are expected to linger in western parts of Scotland and northern England, although brighter spells will remain for Northern Ireland and northeast Scotland. Feeling cold in the southeast but mild elsewhere. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 20/01/2025. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Aidan McGivern.
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00:00Hi there, three zones of weather across the UK through the rest of Monday as a cold front
00:06bisects the country and that's going to give a lot of cloud through Northern England, North
00:11Wales, some outbreaks of drizzly rain. To the south of that, again, a lot of low cloud,
00:16a few spots of rain and drizzle but some brighter spells possible at times as well. Brighter
00:20skies emerging for Scotland and Northern Ireland, some decent sunshine for the north-east of
00:24Scotland but showers moving into the west and north-west along with a blustery breeze.
00:30It's still relatively mild across the north-west, 9 Celsius, a little milder further south as
00:36well compared with recent days but the south-east still 4 or 5 Celsius, a little below average
00:41for the time of year. Now, overnight, we're going to see that front basically stall across
00:45central parts of the country. Again, outbreaks of rain and drizzle for North Wales, north
00:50Midlands into Northern England on and off throughout much of the night. Showery rain
00:54pushing into the north and west of Scotland but where we do get some clear spells in Scotland
01:00and Northern Ireland, temperatures will fall close to freezing, perhaps a few patches of
01:04ice and frost and fog. There'll also be some fog in the south and quite dense as we start
01:11off Tuesday so potentially some poor visibility but that's going to tend to lift through the
01:16morning. Various amounts of cloud floating about but also some brighter spells. Likewise,
01:21Scotland and Northern Ireland see some sunny spells but also some showers moving into the
01:25north-west on a blustery breeze but we've still got that zone of cloud and outbreaks
01:30of drizzly rain through North Wales, Northern England and the north Midlands. Temperatures
01:34typically at 5 to 8 Celsius, perhaps a little higher or a little lower in one or two spots
01:39but that's the general feeling for Tuesday. Now, into Tuesday night, we're going to see
01:45that front eventually fizzle away and move south-eastwards and it's going to then turn
01:51much, much different later in the week because of what's happening across North America.
01:56You might have seen it on the news that the presidential inauguration has been moved indoors
02:00because of the cold weather and this is exceptionally cold weather that's spreading south across
02:05much of Canada and the US central-eastern areas most impacted during Monday. But it's
02:11also going to feed into, well, the more general northern hemisphere weather pattern courtesy
02:17of the jet stream. That cold outbreak clashing with milder air further south will strengthen
02:22the jet stream and that strong jet stream, 250 miles or so, will develop this area of
02:28low pressure which is going to head our way for the end of the week and as you can see
02:32it's likely to bring very tight isobars, especially to Western Scotland and Northern Ireland.
02:38So we'll keep you updated on how that's going to play out over the next few days. You can
02:42follow those updates on our YouTube channel as always or check the very latest on the
02:47Met Office website and app. Bye-bye.