Turning fresher across northern areas, with showers affecting the far north and northwest of Scotland but most places dry. Some showers too for Wales and the Midlands but most southern areas dry, warm and humid. Cloud increasing across the far south later. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the evening of 01/05/2025. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Aidan McGivern.
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00:00Hi there.
00:01Following the hottest start to May on record, it is now turning cooler from the north.
00:06The cool air has already been across Scotland and Northern Ireland.
00:10Cloudier skies have persisted through Thursday with a few showers and the old thunderstorm.
00:15And that cool air sinks south overnight, although it doesn't quite reach the far south where
00:19it's a muggy night.
00:21Some clear spells, but also increasing cloud into the south and south-west.
00:24A few showers pushing through parts of Mid Wales into the Midlands, the old thunderstorm.
00:29But for many, it's a dry night with a few clear spells and a big temperature contrast.
00:35Feeling cold first thing Friday in the north, a touch of grass, frost possible, but continuing
00:39to feel warm further south.
00:41And plenty of sunshine, actually, first thing through the Midlands, East Anglia and the
00:45south-east.
00:46Any early showers tending to peter out, always the chance of thicker cloud remaining around
00:50the south-western coast, some mist and fog around coastal areas as well.
00:54Cloudier skies further north once again, but this will break and thin into the afternoon.
00:57Some bright spells developing, showers continuing to affect the far north and north-west of Scotland.
01:01A cool breeze, 11 to 13 Celsius here.
01:04Further south, still a warm day in the south and south-east, 26 to 27 Celsius possible.
01:11But that warmth is continuing to be eroded away from the north.
01:15And as we head into the bank holiday weekend, a much colder night for southern areas compared
01:21with Thursday nights, I should say.
01:25And for most, it's single figures as we begin the weekend, mid to high single figures for
01:30the majority.
01:31And we've got a lot of cloud across Scotland, first thing, and we've got these showers continuing
01:35to affect the north and north-east of Scotland.
01:37Also, an increased chance of cloud and showers drifting up from the English Channel to affect
01:42southern counties of England.
01:44And these will be hit and miss, but there's the chance of some heavy downpours, even the
01:48old thunderstorm in the extreme south.
01:50And that's certainly going to limit temperatures on Saturday.
01:53And we've got even cooler air spreading in during Saturday night and into Sunday.
01:58You can see the isobars are pointing well up to the north and this cool, or you might
02:04even call it cold, airflow begins to penetrate parts of eastern UK in particular.
02:11Still some sunshine out there, still high pressure, keeping things mostly settled.
02:15But we will see a few showers heading into the North Sea coast.
02:19And then spank holiday Monday, that colder air is across the whole of the UK.
02:23So a marked temperature drop through the weekend, albeit with still plenty of mostly dry weather
02:30with that high pressure in charge.
02:31That high pressure sticks around all of next week with a day-on-day temperature rise beginning
02:37from Tuesday.
02:38We'll keep you updated right here.