Met Office Friday afternoon weather forecast 21/03/2025

21 March -  National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern

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00:00Hi there. Having seen so much sunshine and increasingly warmth through the week, it's

00:06all changed heading into the weekend. It's cloudier, it's breezier and it's going to

00:10turn increasingly showery as these areas of low pressure slowly emerge from the south-west.

00:15Already bringing outbreaks of rain into south-western parts and those outbreaks of showery rain

00:21through the afternoon will spread into parts of west Wales, eventually Irish Sea coast

00:26but actually it's mostly confined at this stage to western and south-western fringes

00:31whilst the rest of the UK sees another mostly fine day although with a lot more cloud in

00:36places and more of a breeze so naturally it will feel cooler compared with Thursday's

00:42warmest day of the year so far, high teens more likely than 20 or 21 Celsius. Still though

00:48warmer than average for the time of year. Now heading into the evening, that's when

00:52the rain in the west and south-west really spreads more widely across the UK. Plumes

00:58of wet weather pushing north across England, Wales into Scotland and Northern Ireland as

01:03well and by dawn it's really across Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland where

01:07we've got the most persistent rain with a few showers elsewhere, a lot of cloud and

01:12more of a breeze so naturally it's going to be a milder start to the weekend compared

01:17with recent mornings, 11 degrees in places but certainly a wet start to the day for Scotland,

01:22for Northern Ireland, for much of Northern England into the Midlands. It does brighten

01:26up across the rest of England and into Wales, some sunny spells emerge but the air is unstable

01:31and so into the afternoon chances of some hit and miss downpours developing. These will

01:35be slow moving, difficult to pinpoint exactly where they're going to occur, most likely

01:40through these central parts but anywhere across England and Wales could see a sharp shower.

01:43Still some warmth, 17, 18 Celsius but not feeling quite so pleasant across Scotland

01:48and Northern Ireland, that's where the most persistent rain will linger throughout Saturday

01:52along with a strengthening wind coming down from the north. Also windy in the north-east

01:57of Scotland with some heavy rain near Shetland. Sunday's another showery day but there'll

02:01also be some brighter spells away from the showers although a lot of cloud cover and

02:05low cloud at that is expected. A little more settled into the working week next week.