Met Office Saturday morning weather forecast 03/05/2025

Met Office

03 May - National weather forecast presented by Alex Deakin.

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00:00Good morning and welcome along to the first bank holiday weekend of the month.

00:05You know what? The weather's going to be okay for this bank holiday weekend too.

00:09A lot of dry weather, many places seeing some sunshine, just quite a bit colder than it has been.

00:15And it is starting a little grey over southern Scotland, northern Ireland, some drizzly rain here,

00:19but that should scoot away to the south. There's a few showers coming in across northern Scotland.

00:23The far south of England, there's the threat of these showers in the Channel just drifting north at times.

00:29So the possibility of a shower or two here, certainly over the Channel Islands, but the vast majority, I think, will stay dry.

00:35We'll see the cloud increasing over the Midlands and Wales, but then some sunnier skies following to Northern Ireland and southern Scotland.

00:42The showers in the far north, well, they should tend to fade away through the day.

00:46But look at where the wind is coming from and that'll tell you why things are cooling off.

00:52Still reasonably warm in the south, but even here, quite a bit cooler than it has been over recent days.

00:58But we might even squeak up to 23 degrees Celsius. Further north, we're looking at temperatures in the mid-teens.

01:03So safe through the central belt of Scotland, 15, 16 as it could be in Glasgow.

01:07That's still above average for the time of year, but it will feel pretty fresh in northern Scotland

01:12and along some of these North Sea coasts with that brisk wind bringing the chill from the north.

01:18That'll continue to push away any showers from the south coast during the evening.

01:22In fact, most places having a dry night.

01:24Still some more showers coming in over the Northern Isles and the northeast of mainland Scotland.

01:29And it's pretty cold with that wind, especially over the mountaintop.

01:33So be aware of that heading out into the hills across Scotland through this weekend.

01:38Elsewhere, though, most places having a dry night.

01:40Again, some lengthy clear spells.

01:42With the colder air in place, a noticeable chillier start to Sunday across the south compared to this morning.

01:49Temperatures could be well down into single figures.

01:51And pockets of frost possible across northern Britain.

01:54So gardeners, take note of that.

01:56You don't want to be planting any delicate plants this weekend.

01:59Still the potential for frost as things turn colder through the weekend.

02:03Then Sunday's weather is quite cloudy in the east.

02:06Cloud bubbling up pretty quickly here.

02:07There will be a few showers across eastern England, eastern Scotland.

02:10But they should be fairly light and they should be tending to move through.

02:13Again, a lot of dry weather.

02:14Certainly in the west, quite a bit of sunny weather, I suspect, on Sunday as well.

02:19The wind will make a big difference.

02:21So a real chill on these North Sea coasts again, where we may struggle to get out of single figures.

02:26But for the west, temperatures in the mid-teens might even squeak a little bit higher in places.

02:31So these kind of values are still around or even a touch above average for the time of year.

02:36But because it's been so warm, you will notice that drop off.

02:40And it will feel fresh again in eastern areas on Monday, particularly eastern England.

02:45The winds may ease off completely across Scotland.

02:48And so here with sunshine and Northern Ireland, a pretty good looking day for the bank holiday.

02:53A bit more cloud for England and Wales on Monday.

02:55Small chance of some early showers.

02:57But again, a lot of dry weather, a lot of fine weather to be had.

03:00Again, a chill on those North Sea coasts with the wind coming in from the sea.

03:03But elsewhere, temperatures getting into the mid-teens, a little bit higher in parts of Scotland.

03:08So again, around or maybe a touch above average, but below average on those easternmost coasts.

03:15And quite a big shock to the system just because we're seeing a drop in temperatures.

03:18This map is showing the change in temperatures on Monday when compared to Friday.

03:22You can see a big drop, particularly across the southeast.

03:26So yes, it is turning cooler, but still a lot of fine weather to be enjoyed this bank holiday weekend.

03:31And of course, you can stay up to date by following us on social media.

03:36And if you have something to do, you can watch our live video available on YouTube from Friday afternoon.

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