This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the weekend 22/05/2025.
The bank holiday brings a big change to our weather patterns and welcome rain for gardeners and farmers but will there be any sunshine?
Bringing you this weekend’s weather forecast is Alex Deakin
The bank holiday brings a big change to our weather patterns and welcome rain for gardeners and farmers but will there be any sunshine?
Bringing you this weekend’s weather forecast is Alex Deakin
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00:00Yes, the weather patterns are changing, just in time for the bank holiday weekend.
00:05It's going to be a messy one, with some welcomed rain, certainly welcomed by many gardeners and farmers,
00:11but there'll still be some sunny spells to be had.
00:15Let's take a look at the big picture.
00:16Low pressure is now sitting to the north, where high pressure has been sitting for much of the month.
00:21This one will slowly track across the country, but behind me, out in the Atlantic, things are brewing.
00:27The jet stream is becoming a little more energised, not especially strong, but strong enough to pick up this low and send it just to the north of the UK.
00:35And that will bring a spell of wet weather and some strong winds across the far northwest during Sunday.
00:41And further weather fronts with a reasonably active jet stream to follow on behind for Monday and through next week, which is, of course, a half term for many.
00:50OK, this is the weekend forecast, though, so let's get into the detail.
00:53This first set of weather fronts crossing the country Friday night, bringing a dull and damp start for many.
00:58But this zone of rain, which will be heavy for a time, should be clearing a way out into the North Sea.
01:04It may take a while before it clears from East Anglia and the southeast, but generally turning a bit brighter through Saturday for many,
01:10before we see showery rain returning to many western areas.
01:14There'll be some brighter spells coming through, a little bit of sunshine, most likely in parts of the east,
01:19but generally fairly cloudy conditions.
01:22And we'll see those showers, as I say, coming and going, particularly in parts of the west.
01:27Temperature-wise, still reasonably mild and feeling quite humid, certainly through the morning.
01:33Temperature-wise, we're looking at 19, 20 degrees Celsius.
01:36Generally speaking, that's a little above average still, but feeling cooler than it has done for most of May so far.
01:43And it's going to turn cooler as the weekend progresses.
01:47That next weather system moving in, bringing some rain on Saturday night across Northern Ireland.
01:50And this low, as it intensifies from the jet stream interaction,
01:54well, the exact shape and position of this low will be crucial to the strength of the wind.
01:59As the isobas pinch together there, we will see some gusty conditions during the early hours of Sunday across the northwest of Scotland.
02:06Quite a blustery morning here. Nothing exceptional, certainly, but unusual for the time of year, perhaps.
02:13And certainly it'll be noteworthy because the winds have been so light for many of late.
02:18It's not really Sunday of the day to be up into the highlands of Scotland.
02:21Make sure you check any mountain forecast before heading up the hills this weekend.
02:25So blustery in the northwest, a breezy day everywhere.
02:28There'll be showers in most places as well.
02:30But there will also be some sunshine and parts of the south and the east may not see too many showers.
02:36A good chunk of England and Wales may actually be largely dry through Sunday afternoon.
02:41And the sunny spells across the southeast, where the winds will be lightest,
02:45it'll feel reasonably pleasant if you could see highs of 20 or 21 Celsius.
02:49But the showers will be pretty frequent for Northern Ireland, northwest England, western Scotland.
02:54Heavy ones, even the chance of the odd rumble of thunder.
02:57They will tend to zip through because it will be quite breezy here,
03:01but certainly feeling cool with temperatures struggling to get into the teens
03:04and feeling cooler with that wind.
03:06Remains reasonably breezy in Two Bank Holiday Monday.
03:09And it remains another showery day as well.
03:12So the showers will tend to come and go.
03:14It's not going to rain all day.
03:15There will be some drier spells.
03:17Best of any brightness, probably parts of northeast England down to East Anglia.
03:20And perhaps a cloudier day for Wales and southwest England on Monday,
03:25with an increasing chance of some showery rain coming and going.
03:28Temperature-wise, well, we're back much closer to average, or if not a little below.
03:32Certainly when the showers come along, it'll feel on the cool side.
03:36So as I said, a fairly mixed picture.
03:38And that's how it's looking indeed for much of next week.
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