Outbreaks of rain spreading across western areas from this morning, with some yellow rain warnings coming into effect this afternoon. The rain will spread northwards slowly through the day to affect much of Scotland as well by this evening. A cooler day under the cloud and rain, but slightly warmer in the east where it will remain largely dry. - This is your Met Office UK weather forecast for 18/04/2025. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Jonathan Vautrey.
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00:00Hello there, hello there, good afternoon to you. It might be Good Friday, but it is also a wet
00:06Friday for some others. We've been seeing outbreaks of rain spreading into many western
00:10areas first thing this morning, and these will be continuing to move through during the day,
00:15quite heavy in places. As a result, there are yellow rain warnings that come into force
00:19from this afternoon, so do take care if you're planning on travelling during the next 24 hours
00:24or so. Some delays to your journey certainly are possible. Out towards the east, it is drier,
00:29and we could certainly see highs of around 17, maybe 18 or 19 degrees Celsius, where the sunshine
00:33pokes through across parts of southeastern England. But it's going to be feeling quite cooler out
00:37towards the west, underneath all this cloud and rain, and quite a noticeable breeze around as well,
00:43so quite windy for some of us. As we head into the evening and overnight, the rain will slowly push
00:48its way northwards, eventually affecting more parts of northwestern Scotland, and a touch of snow is
00:53possible over the very highest tops of the Scottish mountains. Generally, though, with all the cloud
00:58and the rain and the breeze that's still going to be in place, it is going to be a mild night for all
01:02of us. Temperatures generally ranging between 7 and 10 degrees Celsius as we do start off Saturday
01:08morning. It is, though, still going to be this east-west split across the nation, so still some heavy
01:14pulses of rain possible for the Banai-Brakainiog, parts of higher ground areas of southwest England.
01:19The Antrim and more mountains also seeing a lot of rainfall build up, so some disruption is possible
01:24here. Generally, though, it will be an improving story for Wales and southwest England, with the rain easing
01:28off later, and along with eastern areas of England, some brighter spells will be developing here, but
01:33it's going to remain fairly dull and drab for the northwest, and temperatures still held back here
01:37around 10 degrees Celsius. It is going to be a cooler day tomorrow in the east, 15 degrees Celsius
01:43generally as the high, just because we have this more easterly breeze coming in off the North Sea,
01:48and that will be bringing in some slightly cooler conditions overall, but those values are still
01:52generally where we would expect to be for the time of year. So a dry end to the day for Wales and
01:58England, certainly eastern Scotland as well, not faring too badly at all, and the rain will gradually
02:03ease for Northern Ireland and Western Scotland as we head throughout the night and into Sunday, and
02:08generally Easter Sunday is looking like one of the better days of this long weekend. Still some
02:13lingering showers in places, but some bright and sunny spells for those that do have any outdoor
02:18activities planned or walks at all. You will, though, probably need to get the broilies back on hand
02:24for Easter Monday, though, because the showers are likely to be returning across many areas of the
02:28UK, so it could turn quite damp as well in places. We'll keep up to date, of course, with all the latest
02:34details as we head throughout this long weekend, so do stay up to date with those on YouTube, and we'll see
02:39you again very shortly. Bye-bye.