Met Office Monday evening weather forecast 12/05/2025

12 May - National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern.

Transcript

00:00Hi there, we've started the week with a brief interlude between two spells of dry and sunny

00:08weather. High pressure has been dominating our weather, but low pressure has appeared

00:12from the south during the last couple of days. That's brought some showers and thunderstorms,

00:16those tending to fade after the sun goes down, and then lengthy clear spells overnight, although

00:20the old shower in places couldn't be ruled out. Some low cloud will creep into the north

00:25and the east of Scotland and northeast England as well, and temperatures are all dipping

00:30to the high single figures or low double figures. So, a bright start for most. First thing Tuesday,

00:36certainly more sunshine around across central and southern and western parts of the UK, and

00:41will keep the sunny skies in many places going into the afternoon. Now, the low cloud across

00:45northeastern parts of the UK tends to retreat back to the coast, and the cloud across the

00:51south Wales into central southern England will tend to bubble up as temperatures rise into

00:55the afternoon. That could give a few more scattered showers and thunderstorms. Again, these will

01:01be hit and miss. I think fewer of them compared with the last couple of days, but where you

01:07do catch a shower, there's always the risk of some heavier rain in a short space of time,

01:12as well as some hail and lightning. But no particularly useful widespread rain to talk about, and actually

01:21away from this small part of the UK, south Wales, into parts of southern England, it's

01:26a dry and sunny day once again. A little cooler on the north sea coast, temperatures elsewhere

01:30generally a degree or so down. On Mondays, the warmest spot could be the West Highlands, up

01:35to 26 or 27 Celsius. Into Tuesday evening, the showers rumble on for a couple of hours

01:42into south Wales as well as the Midlands, but eventually they fade away. And then a dry

01:47night for most, although one or two showers could reappear into parts of Cornel, and some

01:52drizzly showers running down the north sea coast as well as low cloud once again creeps inland.

01:59But for many it's a clear night and perhaps cooler night compared with recent nights, with temperatures

02:04dipping into the mid to high single figures. Nevertheless, we've got high pressure reasserting

02:10itself once again as the low that brought the thundery showers moves away. That high building

02:15from the north, that means a bit of a east to northeasterly breeze, always cooler on the

02:20north sea coast. But where we've got sunshine elsewhere, well the highest temperatures will

02:24once again be in the west and the south. Now we start off Wednesday with low cloud across

02:30parts of northern England and Scotland. That tends to run its way down the north sea coast,

02:35so perhaps entering Norfolk by the afternoon. Otherwise, it's sunny skies on the whole. One

02:40or two showers could again form across parts of the south west, most especially parts of

02:45Cornwall and West Devon. But they are few and far between compared with recent days. For

02:52the vast majority, it's simply a dry and sunny day with high pressure once again building, and

02:58temperatures reaching 20 or 21 Celsius. So a little bit fresher, and on that north sea coast

03:02with a brisk breeze, it's going to feel considerably cooler. And we keep that high pressure into

03:07Thursday, Friday and indeed the weekends. That means it's going to stay dry for the rest of

03:12the week and there will be plenty more sunshine to come as well.