Weekend weather 01/05/2025 – Turning cooler for the bank holiday - video Dailymotion

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This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the weekend 01/05/2025. After the hot spell, temperatures are declining this weekend. Some showers but it's staying mostly dry for many. Bringing you this weekend’s weather forecast is Honor Criswick.

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00:00It's the 1st of May and we're going to see the first May bank holiday weekend.

00:05But is the sunshine here to stay or are we going to see some typical English bank holiday weather?

00:11Well, what I can tell you is that high pressure is sticking around, this time to the west though,

00:15rather than the east which has brought us the warm spell over this week.

00:19But if we follow our winds round in a clockwise direction, it does at times drag in some frontal systems

00:25across the north and also pushes up a frontal system across parts of the south.

00:29So a chance here that we could see some showers, potentially some quite heavy showers on Saturday,

00:34maybe even some thunderstorms.

00:36And if we continue to track our winds, we can see it brings in this colder air mass later on Saturday and through into Sunday.

00:43So things are set to cool down, but high pressure still largely dominating, so many areas mostly remaining dry.

00:50But at times, once again, some frontal systems dragging through across the North Sea.

00:54So perhaps a few more showers as we head into Monday.

00:57But the main theme over the next few days is that it's going to be feeling much cooler,

01:02particularly on Friday, where we start to see those temperatures decline,

01:06particularly across central and eastern areas in some locations.

01:09Some areas could see a good 10 degrees difference if you compare the temperatures to 24 hours earlier,

01:15so Thursday afternoon.

01:16So it is going to be feeling cooler.

01:18So let's start off this weekend's weather then with Saturday.

01:22So a chance we could see some mist and fog, particularly across East Anglia.

01:26And there is going to be more cloud across Scotland, some showers feeding through across the very north.

01:31And it's across the southwest where we're going to see more clouds,

01:34some showers starting to push their way up from the south.

01:36Now, these could turn quite heavy, particularly through the course of the day,

01:39and a chance they could turn thundery.

01:41But it should remain to the very far south, perhaps even not quite moving in inland either,

01:46as the chance those showers could remain through across the English Channel.

01:49And that's where the thunderstorms could stick around too.

01:51But a chance across the far south, we could see some thundery outbreaks.

01:55But any showers across Scotland largely dying away.

01:58And we can see that many areas are still going to see a dry start to the weekend.

02:02Still lots of sunshine around.

02:03And still feeling warm in the sunshine too for many of us.

02:06Across the south, highs still reaching around 20 to 21 degrees.

02:10So still a rather pleasant day ahead.

02:12But notice the temperatures across the northeast of Scotland.

02:15Any north sea coasts widely in the mid to low double digits.

02:19So starting to feel cooler here as we head through Saturday.

02:24Now, on Sunday, any frontal systems, particularly this one in the south,

02:28will eventually skirt its way back south, fizzling away.

02:31And still high pressure dominating, still located to the northwest of the country.

02:36So on Sunday, once again, still lots of dry weather around.

02:39But a chance we could see a bit more cloud, particularly in the east.

02:42And a few showers feeding through across the north sea.

02:45So any north sea exposed coasts, a chance we could see the odd shower.

02:49East Anglia as well, in particular, could see more cloud and a few more showers here.

02:53But in the west, still plenty of sunshine.

02:56And the large majority of us will still see a largely dry day.

02:59But take a look at those temperatures.

03:02Markedly different if you compare it to this week.

03:04Still some warm weather.

03:06Highs of 15, 16 degrees across the southwest.

03:09But many areas in the low double digits.

03:11So feeling much cooler, particularly in any exposed spots in the breeze.

03:15So a very different feel for many of us as we head through into Sunday.

03:18Then we have bank holiday weekend.

03:22Still, once again, that high pressure remaining to the northwest.

03:25Still, at times, just dragging in, sweeping in this frontal system across the east.

03:29But it's a largely weakening feature as it moves its way southward.

03:33So once again, just some cloud to start.

03:36Perhaps the odd shower around east Anglia.

03:38Sussex and Kent might pick up a few showers.

03:40And overall, there's just going to be a bit more cloud around.

03:43But many still seeing a dry day ahead.

03:46Still plenty of sunshine across Scotland, parts of northern England.

03:50But still, once again, those slightly cooler temperatures.

03:53Highs only this time reaching around 14 degrees in the south.

03:56A little bit cooler across the north.

03:57Highs of 12 to 13 degrees.

04:00But still lots of dry weather over the weekend.

04:03It's just not going to be feeling quite as warm.

04:05But still many opportunities to get the barbecue out for this bank holiday weekend.

04:09Highs of 12 to 13 degrees.

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