Met Office Saturday Afternoon Weather Forecast 29/03/2025

29 March - national forecast presented by Greg Dewhurst

Transcript

00:00Hello, there. We've got a north-west-south-east split with our weather at the moment. If you're

00:05across parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland, western parts of England and Wales, it's quite

00:09cloudy with some outbreaks of rain. Above the south-east, it's dry for now until the

00:12weather front slips its way southwards. But the good news is if you like the dry weather,

00:17it continues to end March and into the beginning of April as well as high pressure becomes

00:22established across many parts, so little in the way of rain. However, at the moment, we

00:26do have rain across parts of Northern Ireland, Scotland, some snow as well across the highest

00:30ground of Scotland here, and then this rain band just slowly slipping its way south-eastwards

00:35as we go through the afternoon. Into the evening time, outbreaks of rain could be heavy at

00:38times across the high ground of Northern England, northern parts of Wales too. Best of the sunshine

00:43holding on across eastern parts of the Midlands down into East Anglia, south-east England

00:47here. They're turning increasingly hazy later. The wind's turning increasingly strong across

00:52north-western parts of the UK, some local gales around the coast as well. So it'll just

00:56take the edge off the temperatures a little bit. It will feel cool under the cloud and

01:00patchy rain with temperatures on the face of it reaching double figures, 15, 16 Celsius

01:05in the best of the sunshine towards the south-east, but feeling quite chilly under that cloud.

01:10Into the evening time, this weather front continues to slip its way south-eastwards,

01:13but it does bump into a ridge of high pressure, so much of the rain is squeezed out of it.

01:17It becomes more an area of cloud and drizzle as it pushes south-eastwards, with then clear

01:21spells following on behind overnight. Further showers, though, across northern Scotland

01:26and it does remain quite blustery with north-westerly winds across the whole of the country. But

01:30that will keep temperatures up for many of us, 7 to 9 Celsius. So not a cold night to

01:36come. Some sheltered spots are a little lower than this, but that means there'll be some

01:39bright spells to start Sunday morning. Any early rain clearing the south-east and then

01:44showers largely restricted to northern parts of Scotland as we go through the day. Plenty

01:50of sunshine developing for many. The wind's still coming in from the north, still brisk

01:54down the east coast. That northerly wind could bring some large waves to coastal stretches,

01:59so do take care here. But further west, winds will fall lighter, though clouds starting

02:04to thicken across parts of Northern Ireland later on. And temperature-wise, generally

02:09similar again, 13 to 15, locally 16 or 17 Celsius. So in sheltered spots in that sunshine,

02:15which is starting to strengthen at this time of the year, it will feel fairly pleasant

02:20out there. But most places having a dry end to the day as well. Just one or two showers

02:24across the far north, but these easing. And then a weak weather front bringing some thicker

02:28cloud across the far north-west of the UK later on. But most places dry. Perhaps local

02:34frost overnight into Monday morning. But overall, generally staying dry as high pressure builds

02:40in next week. See you soon.