Met Office Friday morning forecast 28/03/2025

28 March- National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern

Transcript

00:00Hi there. High pressure is going to return to the UK on Sunday onwards, but for the time

00:06being, the next couple of days we're into a more changeable spell of weather. It doesn't

00:11mean it's going to rain all the time, although it is a damp start to the day for the Midlands

00:15into southern England, the rain persisting until lunchtime for the south-east corner.

00:20Brighter skies do follow, albeit with a fresher feel with those winds coming from the north-west

00:25and containing frequent showers, particularly for northern and western parts of the country,

00:29more especially western Scotland will see longer spells of rain at times, and some thunder,

00:34hail, hill snow as well because it's going to be a colder airflow. But in between the

00:39showers, still scope for some sunny spells, albeit with that cooler feel to things, 13-14

00:45Celsius in the south, 8 or 9 further north and feeling even colder than that in the gusty

00:51wind and where we've got those lively showers moving through. Nevertheless, the showers

00:55in many places continue into the evening, but eventually they're going to peter out

00:59across much of England and Wales, southern Scotland, Northern Ireland as well, becoming

01:04more restricted to central and northern Scotland as the night progresses. Where we've got clear

01:09skies elsewhere and with the winds easing overnight, it's going to be a chilly start

01:13to Saturday, temperatures dipping close to, if not slightly below freezing, one or two

01:18spots widely 2-4 Celsius across central and eastern parts of the country. But Northern

01:24Ireland, western Scotland, a bit more cloud building here as a result, generally frost-free.

01:30And a cloudier start across Northern Ireland and western Scotland compared with elsewhere

01:34across the UK on Saturday, where there'll be plenty of sunshine, so although it is going

01:37to be chilly first thing, it will soon warm up. With light winds across the Midlands,

01:41eastern England, and the sunshine continuing into the afternoon, a very pleasant day is

01:45expected. But further west and north, a band of rain moves in. That rain will tend to be

01:51light to moderate across the south-west, as was Wales by the time it arrives early

01:55to mid-afternoon. Heavier for northern England, much of Scotland and northern Ireland, but

02:00it does clear through. Followed again by showers, and those showers will be most frequent across

02:04western Scotland later in the day on Saturday. It's going to feel cool as a result in western

02:10Scotland. And again, cool as that rain turns up across western parts of England and Wales

02:15into the afternoon. Scope for the mid-teens in the south-east, given the sunshine persisting

02:20here. But the front, as it clears through, well that's going to weaken and not bring

02:27much rain at all to the south-east as it clears away. And it runs into high pressure, which

02:31all the while is building from the south, and that's going to bring more widely settled

02:35weather to many parts of the UK on Sunday and into Monday. So a quiet lamb-like end

02:42to March, and as we begin April, high pressure is going to be sitting very close to the UK.

02:48We'll keep you updated on all of that via our YouTube channel.