Met Office Saturday Afternoon Weather Forecast 22/02/2025

22 February - national forecast presented by Greg Dewhurst

Transcript

00:00Hello there. Plenty of sunny spells for much of the UK through Saturday afternoon, but

00:05it's all change as wet and windy weather moves in for the second half of the weekend. A brief

00:10ridge of high pressure at the moment, however, this deep area of low pressure sweeps in across

00:14the north-west of the UK, bringing outbreaks of heavy rain to many parts through Sunday

00:19and into Monday. Some very strong winds as well. Met obvious warnings for the wind and

00:23rain across many northern and western parts of the UK through Sunday. But Saturday afternoon,

00:28plenty of sunny spells. Cloudy morning across south-eastern parts of England, the rain here

00:33clearing and allowing the skies to brighten. But for many, it will be dry, sunny spells.

00:37A scattering of showers could develop as we move through into the afternoon, showers most

00:41frequent across parts of Northern Ireland, but especially for central and north-western

00:45parts of Scotland, where it will still remain quite blustery, but for most, winds much lighter

00:50compared to Friday. Temperatures down a little, we've reached the dizzy heights of 17 Celsius

00:55across the UK yesterday, more likely 10 to 14 Celsius for Saturday afternoon, but this

01:02is still above average for the time of year, generally 7 to 9 Celsius is what we should

01:06be seeing for this point in February. A chilly evening to come for many as skies clear. We

01:11could see some low cloud, mist and fog patches forming for a time, and a touch of frost perhaps

01:16across some sheltered northern and eastern areas. However, overnight, the cloud starts

01:20to move in, the rain arrives across Northern Ireland, the western parts of Scotland, which

01:25could be heavy at times too, and the winds start to pick up. We'll see gales developing,

01:29gusts of 45 miles an hour or so by the end of the night. Still some clear skies holding

01:34on to some eastern parts, dry here. Temperatures around 4 or 5 Celsius to start Sunday morning,

01:397, 8, 9 Celsius in the west, but a wet start to the day across Northern Ireland, western

01:44Scotland, and this rain just slowly pushing north and eastwards across this part of the

01:49world through the morning. Some heavy outbreaks of rain possible, winds starting to pick up,

01:5460, 70 miles an hour in exposed locations. The rain then sweeping across parts of Northern

01:59England, Wales, the Midlands into southwest England. Bright colours there indicating some

02:03particularly heavy rain, especially across southern and central parts of Wales. Southeast

02:08England though, a dry morning, some bright or sunny spells, but the cloud increasing

02:13as we move through into the afternoon here. Everyone, a windy afternoon to come, gusts

02:17of 45, 50 miles an hour quite widely, 60 to 70 exposed coasts in the north and the west.

02:23So there could be some tricky travelling conditions if you are planning on travelling

02:27through Sunday itself, so worth keeping up to date with the Met Office warnings as there

02:31are wind warnings across many northern and western parts of the UK as well as some rain

02:35warnings as well. Temperatures, very similar, reaching double figures for many, generally

02:40between 9 and 12 Celsius, locally 13 perhaps across some southern counties. So a wet afternoon,

02:48evening to come across England and Wales as this band of rain continues to slowly push

02:52its way south and east with some localised flooding possible, particularly across southern

02:56parts of Wales, but almost anywhere in the north and the west could see some local disruption.

03:02Showers following for Northern Ireland, Northern England, Scotland, Blustery here and some

03:06of the showers on the heavy side and the rain eventually reaching southeastern parts as

03:10well. Stays unsettled into next week, Blustery showers through Monday and Tuesday. For more

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