Met Office Thursday afternoon weather forecast 27/03/2025

27 March- National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern

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00:00Hi there, a marked contrast today across the UK with the South East enjoying another day

00:06of warm sunny spells. The North West seeing increasingly unsettled weather, wet, windy

00:11and much cooler weather sweep in because of this area of low pressure that will pass close

00:15to North West Scotland and introduce these weather fronts which are increasingly turning

00:19the weather unsettled, wet and windy for much of Scotland, particularly north of the Central

00:24Belt where the wet weather will become heavier and more persistent into the afternoon, the

00:30rain reaching Northern Ireland as well and by 4pm Glasgow, the far south west of Scotland

00:36also seeing that rain arrive. The rain will be accompanied by strong winds, gales for

00:41some exposed coastal parts of North West Scotland and strong wind gusts over the hills and mountains

00:46as well. So all in all feeling disappointingly cool where that wet weather affects North

00:53West Scotland, 8-10C in some spots but further south across much of England and Wales it's

00:59drier, it's brighter, still a lot of cloud though for Northern and Western England as

01:04well as Wales, few spots of rain most likely over the hills of the west. But for the Midlands,

01:09East Anglia, the South and South East, well plenty of sunny spells once again and in that

01:13sunshine temperatures reaching widely the mid teens and in some spots 18 or even 19C.

01:20Nevertheless, the unsettled weather in the north is going to progress further south east

01:25during the evening, a spell of heavy rain for Northern England, parts of Wales. As the

01:30front comes south it tends to become narrower and the rain becomes more short lived but

01:36there could be some heavy bursts on the rain as it moves through during the early hours

01:40along with some gusty winds. Ahead of that it stays dry for much of the night in the

01:44far south east and under clear skies temperatures could dip to 2-4C. Under the cloud and rain

01:50temperatures remaining in the mid single figures but further north we've got colder air arriving

01:56along with fairly lively showers across Scotland, Northern Ireland, some hail and thunder possible

02:02and again gusty winds. But away from the winds temperatures could dip to minus 1C in sheltered

02:09parts of Northern Scotland. So a mixed bag as we start off Friday, the first thing we'll

02:14see some rain clearing across the Midlands, South West England, South Wales. Soon enough

02:19though it will brighten up in these areas as the rain reaches East Anglia and the South

02:23East during the middle of the morning and then it clears finally the whole of the UK

02:28by lunchtime. Brighter skies, some sunny spells and actually staying mostly dry after the

02:32rain clears across the Midlands, East Anglia and the South East. But elsewhere we'll see

02:37a rush of showers move in, plenty of downpours for the North West of the UK with the air

02:44cold enough to lead to snow for the hills of Scotland and some hail as well as some

02:48thunder with gusty winds making it feel particularly cool. So 8, 9, 10, 11C in the north, 12-14C

02:57further south. Although with less persistent rain in the North West perhaps a more pleasant

03:01day to come with the gusty winds carrying through showers in the south it will feel

03:06markedly cooler compared with recent days. The showers continue for a time going into

03:11the weekend but what we will see at the same time into the weekend is higher pressure building

03:17up from the south once again. So changeable for a time in the north but eventually we're

03:23going to see the weather settling down Sunday onwards with higher pressure becoming much

03:27more dominant once again.