Met Office Friday Evening Weather Forecast 09/05/2025

Met Office

Remaining clear and dry across the country this evening and overnight, with some cloud around in parts of west Scotland and Northern Ireland. Temperatures dropping somewhat with some isolated areas of mist, fog and frost, but a fine sunny picture to begin tomorrow for many. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the evening of 09/05/2025. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Alex Burkill.

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00:00Maybe you're hoping the fine sunny weather continues or for a little bit of rain.

00:05There's a bit of both as we go through this weekend.

00:07That's because the high pressure that's dominated our weather so far this week,

00:11it's drifting a little bit away towards the east.

00:13So there is a front towards the northwest that's going to try to edge in.

00:17That won't make much progress.

00:18There's another system, though, towards the south of us.

00:21This is likely to feed its way northwards as we go through the weekend,

00:24and it could well bring some heavy, possibly even thundery showers,

00:27particularly to parts of the southwest as we go through Sunday.

00:30But there's a chance they could become a bit more widespread as we go through Sunday and into next week as well.

00:36Back to there and now, though, and if we look at the details for much of the country

00:40through the rest of Friday and overnight into Saturday, it's a dry, clear night.

00:45But like I said, there is a front towards the northwest, so that's going to bring a bit more cloud,

00:50maybe a few spots of rain to the northwest of Scotland.

00:52Otherwise, and with those clear skies, generally light winds,

00:55because many places are going to have a bit of a chilly night.

00:58It's going to turn quite fresh, similar to some recent nights, really.

01:02Temperatures in some countryside locations could just about dip below freezing.

01:06A touch of frost is possible.

01:07Most towns and cities, though, are holding up several degrees above.

01:11Nonetheless, a bit of a fresh start on Saturday morning,

01:13and there could be some pockets of mist and fog around.

01:15But once the sun comes up, those will quite quickly clear,

01:19and our temperatures will quite quickly lift as well as we go through the day.

01:22So a fine sunny picture for many, not always wall-to-wall blue skies,

01:27but for quite a few of us, it will be.

01:29Always the exception being towards the far north northwest of Scotland,

01:33where that front's a bit closer.

01:34There could be a bit more cloud and a few spots of rain at times as well.

01:38With the decent sunshine, temperatures, if anything,

01:40are likely to be a few degrees up compared to Friday,

01:43more widely getting into the high teens, low 20s,

01:46perhaps even mid-20s in a few places.

01:48But do be aware, we do have some pretty high pollen levels for many places,

01:53the dry, fine weather leading to some high levels across many areas.

01:57And we are transitioning from tree pollen to grass pollen,

02:00and it's grass pollen which the majority of hay fever sufferers are susceptible to.

02:05So you may start to feel some greater symptoms as we go through the next week or so.

02:10But as we go through Saturday evening,

02:12our attention's really drawn to some heavy, thundery showers that are coming in from the south.

02:18Now, these are causing us some headaches in terms of how widespread they're going to be.

02:23So do take into account that across parts of southwest England, south Wales,

02:26even other parts of southern England,

02:28they could be spreading their way in as we go overnight, Saturday and into Sunday.

02:32Otherwise, and many other places having another largely dry, clear night,

02:36and it could be a bit fresh in some places away from the towns and cities.

02:40Then through Sunday itself,

02:42still some question marks as to what's going to happen with these heavy,

02:46possibly thundery showers in the southwest.

02:48Like I said,

02:48they could be a bit more widespread than the graphics behind me suggest.

02:52And we do need to take into account the fact that they could be pretty heavy.

02:55We could see some high rainfall totals building up,

02:58and a lot of that rain could come in quite a short period of time.

03:01So it's not just the lightning risk,

03:03the potential for some hail that we need to watch out for.

03:06There could also be a bit of flash flooding as well,

03:09even though it has been so dry recently.

03:12Further north, there's a chance that that front may edge back in a little bit.

03:15Even though it breaks up, we could see some outbreaks of rain.

03:18And also those showers could spill into parts of Northern Ireland too.

03:22Further east though, lots of dry weather still on Sunday.

03:25And with that, temperatures even higher again.

03:27So more widely getting into the mid-20 Celsius.

03:30Pretty warm, temperatures a fair few degrees above average for the time of year.

03:34Later on, as we go into the beginning of next week,

03:37and we are going to continue to see this low pressure to the southwest of us,

03:41likely to bring some showers to some parts.

03:44Exactly how far they spread, still some question marks.

03:48But at the moment, we do need to cater for the risk of some heavy,

03:50possibly thundery showers as we go through Monday and perhaps into Tuesday.

03:54But then high pressure builds from the north,

03:56and that's going to lead to a drier, more fine picture

03:59as we go through the end of the week, similar to what we've become used to.

04:02I'll see you again soon. Bye-bye.

04:04Bye-bye.

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