A band of rain moves eastwards across the country bringing wet weather for many. The southeast will remain dry this afternoon, with parts of Scotland also dry with clear skies. Later into the afternoon, it will turn brighter for Wales and western parts of England. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 04/02/2025. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Alex Deakin.
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00:00Thank you for joining me for your latest update from the Met Office, got a bit of
00:04rain around today but once that's out of the way the rest of the week looks dry.
00:08The big picture from space shows a big stripe of clouds smothering the UK
00:13that's a weather front then there's loads of lumpy clouds out west there
00:17showers packing in this afternoon across Scotland and Northern Ireland down to
00:21the far southwest the skies are somewhat clearer that's thanks to this area of
00:25high pressure and that is going to move in slowly but surely over the next day
00:31or so but it's not with us yet right now we have this weather front that has been
00:35making for some pretty wet conditions this morning particularly in southwest
00:38Scotland but also the rain pepping up across Wales and southwest England
00:42slowly creeping eastward so turning soggier over northwest England and the
00:47Midlands through the afternoon much of East Anglia in the southeast will stay
00:51dry until evening time and clearer skies following to Scotland Northern
00:57Ireland but along with plenty of showers here much brighter though by the end of
01:01the afternoon for Wales southwest England and northwest England too as
01:04that rain kind of fizzles out a little bit as it tracks its way to the East
01:08Midlands but turning damp and drizzly here and across central southern England
01:12by the end of the day along with that rain band the winds will really pick up
01:15so a spell of gusty winds as that weather front moves in making it feel
01:19cooler than the thermometer would have you believe because actually quite mild
01:24for February double digits almost across the board but cooler air will follow in
01:28because it is a cold front which will track towards East Anglia in the
01:32southeast during the evening rush hour nothing too heavy but a bit damp and
01:35drizzly but should be out of the way by midnight then clearer skies follow for
01:39England and Wales generally a dry night long clear spells here maybe the odd
01:43shower for South Wales and western parts of England quite a few showers will
01:47continue to come into western Scotland parts of Northern Ireland particularly
01:51on the north coast be some snow mixed in over some of the highest routes across
01:55Scotland as those showers zip through on a fairly brisk wind here although the
02:00winds will ease a bit it'll stay breezy enough to stop the temperatures falling
02:04too far overnight despite clear skies most towns and cities staying just a bit
02:08above freezing but certainly in rural parts we will see a touch of frost for
02:13Wednesday morning we should also see plenty of sunshine on Wednesday morning
02:16a cracking day for a good part of the country still on that westerly breezy
02:21odd shower for Wales southwest England's northwest England certainly showers will
02:25come and go through the day in western Scotland and for the north coast of
02:30Northern Ireland but a good part of the UK dry bright many of us just having a
02:34fine winter's day by the afternoon possibly one or two showers drifting in
02:38across other southern areas but as I say the vast majority dry and fine and sunny
02:43the winds lighter than today and easing off all the while temperatures bang
02:47average for the time of year 7 8 maybe 9 Celsius across the south after that
02:52chillier feel first thing it is going to get colder though in the outlook as we
02:57go through Wednesday evening any showers across the south fade away pretty
03:00rapidly even the showers in western Scotland tending to ease off but just a
03:05hint of blue on the chart they're suggesting we'll see frost forming more
03:09widely on Wednesday evening and a frosty old start to Thursday but there's
03:14that high pressure down to the southwest now sitting across the UK on Thursday
03:19bringing many places a fine and dry sunny day then it heads its way up
03:24towards Scandinavia and that allows something with easterly wind to pick up
03:29through Friday and into the weekend now that is going to bring a colder feel
03:33particularly to eastern parts and also still going to bring quite a lot of dry
03:38weather but we could start to see some showers which may have a wintry flavor
03:42across parts of the south and east but certainly likely to turn colder for all
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