Met Office Friday afternoon weather forecast 21/02/2025

Met Office

21 February -  National weather forecast presented by Alex Burkill

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00:00Hello, very good day to you. It's a pretty wet and windy picture out there for many of

00:04us at the moment, but we are going to see the heaviest rain and strongest winds easing

00:09as we go later on. But currently, there's a double frontal structure across the UK and

00:14it's this that's bringing the very wet weather. And notice how tightly packed these isobars

00:18are. No surprise that we have some strong winds as well. A lot of that clearing through

00:23as we go through the rest of today, but into tomorrow, frontal system lingering across

00:27parts of the southeast, so fairly wet here for a time. Then it all quietens down for

00:32a short spell, but that quietness doesn't last long because another relatively deep

00:37area of low pressure, albeit relatively far up towards the northwest of the UK, but that

00:42comes in and the fronts are then going to march their way across as we go through Sunday,

00:47bringing some very wet and some very windy weather. Definitely the wettest and windiest

00:50day of the weekend for many of us. Back to the here and now though, and well, outbreaks

00:55of rain, heavy at times, spilling their way northeastwards across many areas, actually

00:59in the southeast, clinging on to something a bit drier and brighter through much of the

01:03day, rain arriving later. The heaviest rain will be across parts of Scotland, totals building

01:08up 60, 70 millimetres, a bit of flooding possible here. Strongest winds across western parts

01:13through much of the afternoon. Irish Sea coastal areas could see coastal gales, perhaps gusts

01:18of 60 to 65 miles per hour, but these gradually easing later on. Temperatures are on the mild

01:24side, markedly higher than where they were at the start of the week. Mid-teens for quite

01:29a few places, but obviously with the wind, the rain, it's going to feel pretty unpleasant.

01:33The winds gradually easing from the west as we go through the day, but across eastern

01:37parts as we go into this evening, that's when they're going to be strongest here. Overnight

01:42then we have clearer, drier weather for many places, but in the southeast, some persistent

01:48rain lingering through much of the night and into tomorrow morning here. And also across

01:52parts of northwest Scotland, some blustery showers pushing through. Otherwise, yeah,

01:56a good deal of dry weather, clearer skies towards the northwest, cloudier towards the

02:00south and east. Temperatures not dropping a huge amount, perhaps a touch lower than

02:04some recent nights, but in the southeast with the cloud, the rain staying in double figures

02:09for some. And because there will still be some blustery winds, especially towards the

02:13north northeast of the UK, temperatures not dropping a huge amount. So a relatively mild

02:18start to the day through tomorrow. A wet start in the southeast across East Anglia,

02:23Kent, perhaps into London as well. Some persistent rain could be quite heavy and that will continue

02:28until early afternoon. Otherwise, Saturday, definitely the driest and brightest day of

02:33the weekend for many of us. Some fairly hefty showers across parts of Scotland and later

02:38on some hefty showers building in from the southwest across parts of Wales, southwest

02:42England, even pushing into central southern England as well, perhaps the Midlands too.

02:47But there will also be some bright sunny spells around. And like I say, definitely

02:51the brightest day of this weekend. Temperatures won't be quite as high as they will be through

02:56today, but nonetheless still around or a touch above average for the time of year and with

03:01slightly lighter winds and less rain around, a bit more sunshine. If anything, it's going

03:05to feel a bit more pleasant. Like I said, though, it's Sunday when we're going to have

03:09some unsettled weather sweeping its way through some heavy rain, some strong winds spilling

03:14across much of the country. Gusts of around 65-70 mph in many places, particularly in

03:21exposed spots and some heavy rain to go with it, particularly across parts of south Wales.

03:25Could see totals of around 80-90 mm. This coming so close after the heavy rain that

03:31we'll have seen through today. It does mean that there's a relatively high chance of some

03:35significant impacts. At the moment, we have yellow warnings across many places, but there's

03:40a chance, particularly across parts of Wales, we may need to go amber if we see some greater

03:45chance of those impacts from the heavy rain. Temperatures still down a nudge compared to

03:50Saturday and with the rain, the cloud, the strong winds, feeling pretty unpleasant indeed.

03:55Remember, do check out our YouTube channel and subscribe to it to make sure that you

04:01are up to date with everything because we will be issuing new warnings as we go through

04:06this weekend because of the unsettled weather that we are expecting on Sunday.

04:10I'll see you later. Bye-bye.

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