Met Office Saturday Morning Weather Forecast 18/01/2025

Met Office

18 January - national forecast presented by 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 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 so 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.

02:06Elsewhere 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,

02:45could still be struggling around 1 or 2 degrees on Sunday.

02:50And that's all your weather from me, if you want to find out any more about what's due

02:54on the weekend and into next week, please do have a look at our YouTube channel.

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