Met Office Saturday Morning Weather Forecast 17/05/2025

17 May - national forecast presented by Aidan McGivern

Transcript

00:00Hi there. It's likely to be a grey start for many of us this morning, but the cloud will tend to retreat back to the east.

00:07It will be a slow process in some locations. Eventually, most places will brighten up.

00:14High pressure at the moment continues to bring dry and settled weather across the UK.

00:20One or two exceptions to the dry theme, though, as we start things off, because the low cloud across northeast England,

00:25southeast Scotland likely to bring a few drizzly outbreaks, especially over east-facing hills.

00:31Elsewhere, a lot of cloud first thing, but it does, by mid-afternoon, generally retreat back to the east coast,

00:37where it remains throughout much of the day. That, combined with the chilly North Sea wind,

00:42is going to limit temperatures on that east coast, mid-teens.

00:45But where we've got the sunshine elsewhere, high teens, low 20s.

00:49Warmer spots, most likely western Scotland, 23 or 24 Celsius, and unbroken sunshine for western Scotland,

00:57northern Ireland, parts of West Wales, and the far southwest throughout Saturday.

01:01We end Saturday with blue skies for the vast majority then, but as we go into the evening,

01:06as the sun goes down, the land cools down, we're going to see that low cloud of the east creep back in.

01:12It's a fickle beast, and as a result, it's quite difficult to tell exactly where it's going to end up overnight,

01:19but most likely eastern and central parts of the UK will see areas of low cloud,

01:25whilst further west, it will remain clearer, and under those clear skies overnight,

01:29temperatures dipping into the mid-single figures, perhaps a little lower in some of those sheltered spots

01:34of western and central Scotland and Northern Ireland.

01:36Where we've got the cloud, though, 8 or 9 Celsius, and continuing to feel on the cold side,

01:42I suspect, first thing Sunday down that North Sea coast.

01:45The cloud will hang around for the first few hours of the day before eventually lifting and breaking,

01:50retreating back to the east coast.

01:52Again, some cloud continues to affect the northeast of Scotland, one or two drizzly showers,

01:58and there's always the chance of a shower breaking out across parts of southern Scotland,

02:01very isolated. For the vast majority, it's simply a dry and increasingly sunny day on Sunday,

02:08with temperatures similar to Saturday. We're talking about high teens, low 20s widely,

02:12perhaps the mid-20s for western Scotland.

02:15So, feeling very pleasant, but bear in mind, high UV levels where we've got that sunshine,

02:20so you might want to protect yourself if you're spending time outdoors.

02:23And then into Monday, Tuesday, the chance of a few showers here and there,

02:27otherwise high pressure continues to bring dry and settled weather until the end of the week.