Met Office Thursday evening weather forecast 06/02/2025

6 February - National weather forecast presented by Aiden McGivern.

Transcript

00:00Hi there, with high pressure sitting across the UK on Thursday, we saw plenty of sunshine

00:05but that's not going to be the case over the next few days in many places as the high relocates

00:11to Scandinavia and allows an easterly wind to arrive into many parts of the country,

00:16particularly the south where we've already seen the effects of that, patchy cloud arriving

00:19overnight and an increased breeze. That means there'll be a few showers in the southeast

00:25and it'll be less frosty as we wake up on Friday across parts of England and Wales,

00:29although where we keep some clear skies, where we keep lighter winds, there will be

00:33a frost and for Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England, certainly a frost and some

00:38fog patches in places. But that's where we see the best of the sunshine first thing Friday,

00:41widespread clear skies across the far north, the west, into central Scotland, Northern

00:46Ireland, western fringes of England and Wales, but elsewhere, thickening cloud all the while,

00:52outbreaks of showery rain moving through, reaching parts of Wales and the southwest

00:55by the afternoon, some sleet mixed in, perhaps even some hill snow feeling cold in the easterly

01:01wind, 4 or 5 Celsius in places, but a pleasant afternoon once again for northern and western

01:06Scotland in particular with beautiful blue skies. Now we keep the east to southeasterly

01:12winds going into the weekend. This low moves up on Friday and into the start of Saturday,

01:18bringing that thicker cloud, bringing outbreaks of rain, sleet and hill snow and there'll

01:23be some milder air mixed in as well, so a real mix of wintry weather, but it's predominantly

01:29the hills, so perhaps a sprinkling of snow over the Chilterns and the Downs, but more

01:33especially the moors of the southwest and the Welsh mountains could see a covering of

01:38snow by the start of Saturday. At lower levels, it's mainly rain and sleet, but it's going

01:44to be a grey and damp start for many on Saturday morning. Once more, northern and western Scotland,

01:49parts of Northern Ireland seeing the best of any bright weather, a touch of frost, one

01:52or two fog patches first thing. But you can see how extensive the cloud becomes during

01:57the weekend, many parts of the UK affected by the grey skies, the best of any brightness

02:03remaining towards the northwest and the west, but it will be gloomy I think and damp for

02:08many. Any lying snow mostly affecting the hills and mountains of Wales and England,

02:15otherwise it's cold rain or sleet and it will feel cold in the easterly 5 to 7 Celsius.

02:21A similar day is expected on Sunday and in fact we keep similar conditions into the start

02:26of next week, so a cold easterly, but not one of the very cold easterlies you might

02:31expect to happen for the time of year and there will be some rain and sleet at times

02:37as well.