Met Office Friday Afternoon Weather Forecast 18/04/2025

18 April - national forecast presented by Jonathan Vautrey

Transcript

00:00Hello there, hello there, good afternoon to you. It might be Good Friday, but it is also a wet

00:06Friday for some others. We've been seeing outbreaks of rain spreading into many western

00:10areas first thing this morning, and these will be continuing to move through during the day,

00:15quite heavy in places. As a result, there are yellow rain warnings that come into force

00:19from this afternoon, so do take care if you're planning on travelling during the next 24 hours

00:24or so. Some delays to your journey certainly are possible. Out towards the east, it is drier,

00:29and we could certainly see highs of around 17, maybe 18 or 19 degrees Celsius, where the sunshine

00:33pokes through across parts of southeastern England. But it's going to be feeling quite cooler out

00:37towards the west, underneath all this cloud and rain, and quite a noticeable breeze around as well,

00:43so quite windy for some of us. As we head into the evening and overnight, the rain will slowly push

00:48its way northwards, eventually affecting more parts of northwestern Scotland, and a touch of snow is

00:53possible over the very highest tops of the Scottish mountains. Generally though, with all the cloud

00:58and the rain and the breeze that's still going to be in place, it is going to be a mild night for

01:02all of us. Temperatures generally ranging between 7 and 10 degrees Celsius as we do start off Saturday

01:08morning. It is though still going to be this east-west split across the nation, so still some heavy

01:14pulses of rain possible for the Banai-Brakainiog, parts of higher ground areas of southwest England.

01:19The Antrim and more mountains also seeing lots of rainfall build up, so some disruption is possible

01:24here. Generally though, it will be an improving story for Wales and southwest England, with the

01:28rain easing off later, and along with eastern areas of England, some brighter spells will be

01:32developing here, but it's going to remain fairly dull and drab for the northwest, and temperatures

01:36still held back here around 10 degrees Celsius. It is going to be a cooler day tomorrow in the east,

01:4215 degrees Celsius generally as the high, just because we have this more easterly breeze coming in

01:47off the North Sea, and that will be bringing in some slightly cooler conditions overall. But those values

01:51are still generally where we would expect to be for the time of year. So a dry end to the day for Wales

01:58and England, certainly eastern Scotland as well, not faring too badly at all, and the rain will

02:02gradually ease for Northern Ireland and Western Scotland as we head throughout the night and into

02:07Sunday. And generally, Easter Sunday is looking like one of the better days of this long weekend.

02:13Still some lingering showers in places, but some bright and sunny spells for those that do have any

02:17outdoor activities planned or walks at all. You will, though, probably need to get the broilies back on hand

02:24for Easter Monday, though, because the showers are likely to be returning across many areas of the UK,

02:29so it could turn quite damp as well in places. We'll keep us to date, of course, with all the latest details

02:34as we head throughout this long weekend, so do stay up to date with those on YouTube, and we'll see you again

02:39very shortly. Bye-bye.