Met Office Thursday Afternoon Weather Forecast 12/06/2025

Met Office

12 June - national forecast presented by Alex Deakin.

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00:00Welcome to your latest update from the Met Office. Hot for some, downpours for others.

00:05Plenty going on with the weather today and indeed into the weekend.

00:09Here's the bigger picture, the view from space.

00:11The thickest cloud is across the western half of the UK, closest to an area of low pressure.

00:17And the winds go anti-clockwise around low pressure, so we're wafting up air from the south.

00:23Hence why it's warm and hence why it's humid.

00:25And that's why we've also got these thundery showers that we've seen drifting up from the south.

00:30It's been a very wet start for parts of southwest England and Wales.

00:33More rain to come here and the rain getting heavier across Northern Ireland, which could cause some problems.

00:38So we have Met Office yellow warnings in place.

00:41Heavy rain will continue to drift its way northwards, losing some of the thunderstorms,

00:46but still the potential for one or two, particularly in Wales later on.

00:50We'll see a few showers developing over northern England, perhaps parts of the West Midlands,

00:55much of eastern England, a good chunk of southern England as the southwest turns drier.

01:00And most of Scotland actually having a fine day out there with some good spots of sunshine.

01:04There's quite a gusty wind blowing, particularly close to the heavier downpours,

01:08but also coming in from the North Sea, quite blustery conditions here,

01:12bringing a little bit of ha at times around the coast of the far northeast

01:16and certainly bringing a cooler feel on some of those coasts.

01:19But for many, it's really quite warm.

01:20It's really quite humid.

01:21Even if you've got the cloud and the rain in the West, it is quite sticky.

01:25But temperatures with some sunshine across the southeastern corner of the UK getting into the mid-20s,

01:32perhaps a little higher in one or two places.

01:34Now, the rain will continue to push northwards through this evening.

01:36Still some heavy downpours.

01:37Parts of North Wales, northwest England, southwest Scotland seeing some heavy rain for a time this evening.

01:43But it all does tend to melt away, staying a bit wet across the far northwest of Scotland into the dawn period.

01:49One or two scattered showers further west.

01:51But many places actually having a dry night in many central and eastern parts will be largely clear.

01:57Those brisk winds in the east will start to ease down.

02:00And what won't ease down are the temperatures.

02:02These are the numbers through the night.

02:03Urban air is staying in the mid-teens.

02:05So quite a warm, quite a humid night.

02:07A tricky night for sleeping, perhaps.

02:09Now, many places will have a fine start to Friday.

02:12Quite a bit of clouds in the west, but generally dry.

02:15Certainly a drier morning for Wales and southwest England compared to today.

02:19A few heavy showers likely to break out across northern Ireland.

02:22We'll need to watch those.

02:23They could turn into thunderstorms.

02:25And then all eyes down to the south as we start to see another round of storms drifting up from France,

02:32perhaps getting into the southwest of England by the end of the afternoon

02:37and certainly spreading quite a bit of cloud ahead of them.

02:39But certainly much of northern England, eastern England having a fine day.

02:43And in the east, peak of the temperature is likely to be in this spell.

02:47Well, 27, 28, perhaps 29 degrees Celsius, a small chance we could get to 30.

02:52Many other areas further west with more cloud, not as hot,

02:55but probably feeling quite a bit warmer on some of these North Sea coasts

02:57because the winds will be lighter and have switched directions.

03:00So a warmer, more humid feel here.

03:03That heat and humidity will then trigger further thunderstorms spreading up from the south.

03:07So again, an area or a few areas we need to watch.

03:11Clutch of storms, perhaps for East Anglia and the southeast of England

03:15and some further heavy rain for Wales and southwest England.

03:17Coupled with today's rain, that could cause some further disruption, potential for flooding.

03:21A lot of rain falling in a short space of time.

03:24And with the thunderstorms, lightning, an extra hazard as well as the potential for hail.

03:29And all that wet weather continues to move northwards during Friday night.

03:32So you may get woken up by the rain or even a crack of thunder or a flash of lightning.

03:38So warnings in place also for Friday night and into Saturday

03:42from the area of low pressure that's pretty much sitting over us by then.

03:46So some heavy rain around on Saturday, but low pressure does tend to drift away.

03:51Although there'll be a few showers on Sunday, it does look drier.

03:54And notably, cooler air is wafting in from the Atlantic by this stage.

03:58So we'll lose that humidity too.

04:00Onour will have a full weekend forecast on our YouTube channel by Thursday afternoon.

04:06So check that out for more details of the weekend.

04:08But there are warnings in place.

04:10So see our app for those and our website for all the latest.

04:14And also on our website, if you search up weather ready,

04:17you can find how you can be prepared for thunderstorms or for heat during the summer months.

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