Met Office Friday Afternoon Weather Forecast 23/05/2025

Met Office

A fine and dry day across the country, with a few showers possible in the south. It will turn cloudier in western Scotland and Northern Ireland later on, where it will feel slightly cooler. Generally warmer under the sunshine across England and Wales. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 23/05/2025. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Alex Deakin.

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00:00Hello, you've probably heard there's a change on the way, so make the most of the fine Friday,

00:05which most of us are experiencing. The big picture, the view from space shows a large

00:11area of cloud, and that is chugging its way towards us. A shift in the jet stream means

00:17we're going to get weather fronts, and yes, we are going to see some rain, some welcome

00:20rain for gardeners and farmers. That rain edging its way in during Friday afternoon

00:24across Northern Ireland. Elsewhere, one more fine day by and large, just the chance of

00:29one or two showers across southern parts of England, but many areas dry and fine. A bit

00:34of cloud here and there, but some decent spells of sunshine over Wales, northern England, and

00:38much of Scotland. But it will cloud over in western Scotland as those weather fronts chug

00:42in, and things are turning damp now across Northern Ireland. That rain spreading its way

00:47right across Northern Ireland by the end of the afternoon. That'll have an impact on the

00:50temperatures, of course, in the sunshine, though, across maybe the West Midlands, eastern parts

00:55of Wales. We could squeak up to 22, maybe 23 degrees Celsius. A little cooler along some

01:00coasts, and as I said, certainly feeling cooler under the rain. But that rain tonight will make

01:04for a much milder night, spreading its way right across the country. Heading out this evening,

01:09just be prepared for things to turn damp. We haven't seen much rain recently. As I said,

01:14very welcome news for the gardeners. And what will also be welcome news is it won't be anything

01:19like as cold as last night when we got down to minus five in parts of Scotland. Overnight,

01:25temperatures likely to stay in double figures, so a much milder start to the weekend. But

01:30yes, it will be a fairly glum Saturday morning. Dull, damp, rain and drizzle across pretty much

01:35all areas of the country. However, most of this rain will chug its way out into the North

01:41Sea, and skies will generally brighten through the morning, revealing a bit of sunshine here

01:46and there. We'll always keep some showers in Western Scotland, some for Northern Ireland,

01:50a few for Wales, Southwest England too. A small chance of one or two heavy ones. As it brightens

01:55up, we could see some sunshine sparking some showers over Eastern England, particularly North

01:59East Scotland, where we could see one or two heavy ones. But they'll be very hit and miss,

02:03actually for many places, much of the afternoon over the Midlands, Northern England, Eastern England,

02:07looking dry and reasonably bright. Even further west, there'll be some brighter spells.

02:12Temperature-wise, we're actually starting off very mild, as we've seen, and so

02:16as it brightens up through the day, we could see those temperatures again getting into the

02:2020s across parts of the east. But notice behind me, more cloud and rain starting to approach,

02:26and that will spread its way in during Saturday evening for parts of Northern Ireland, Wales

02:30and Southwest England, turning quite wet here. Some heavy bursts of rain again, those brighter

02:35colours moving into Northern Ireland, parts of Southwest Scotland, as an active weather front

02:41swings its way in. Tied into a developing area of low pressure.

02:44Now, still some uncertainty about the exact track and shape of this low, but it's going

02:48to bring some strong winds Saturday night into Sunday morning across Western Scotland to Northern

02:54Ireland. Generally quite a breezy day then across Northern areas through Sunday. But those

02:57winds are really quite lively for the time of year, especially so across the Northwest.

03:01That's not the only low we'll see through the bank holiday weekend. It's slow to clear away,

03:06weather fronts moving through, and then another little feature likely to head in later on on

03:11Bank Holiday Monday. And even behind me, there's more of those weather fronts waiting in the

03:16wings because our weather has definitely changed as we head through the weekend into next week.

03:20So a blustery day across Northern areas on Sunday. Plenty of showers for Northern and Western

03:24Scotland. Quite a few for Northern Ireland, Northern England. But further south, well, we may not see

03:28too many showers. And again, much of the afternoon, the Midlands, Southern England, Eastern England,

03:33a decent chance it stays dry and with some good spells of sunshine. It will be breezy, however,

03:38and there'll probably be something of a cooler feel. We might just still squeak up to 20 Celsius,

03:43but feeling cooler, certainly those winds across the Northwest. A very blustery, gusty Sunday here.

03:49Monday won't be too different, actually. Again, generally speaking, it's a day of dodging the

03:53showers. Most of the showers will be in the West. And after a lot of cloud over recent weeks in

03:59Eastern areas, actually here we'll see the highest temperatures and probably the brightest skies.

04:02But not completely immune from showers. Some will get in here, but more frequent showers further

04:07West. And then that next set of weather fronts likely to bring more persistent rain to Northern

04:11Ireland late in the day on Monday. And that'll move across the country on Monday night. And again,

04:15by Monday, those temperatures just dipping down a little, just close to average for the time of

04:20year, maybe a touch below and feeling cooler in the wind and certainly feeling cooler than it has

04:24done. But that's because it has been a pretty warm and sunny month so far. What about the rest of the

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