The far north of Scotland will see some thicker cloud develop this afternoon with outbreaks of rain over the outer Hebrides and showery bursts of rain over the highlands. Potentially mist, cloud and sea fog affecting coastal areas adjacent to the Irish Sea. For the majority though, a largely clear and bright day with plenty of sunshine. Temperatures, rising from yesterday. Feeling rather hot, especially in England and Wales. - This is the Met Office UK weather forecast for the afternoon of 10/07/2025. Bringing you today’s forecast is Alex Deakin.
00:00Welcome to your afternoon weather update from the Met Office.
00:03The first day today of a heat wave for some parts of the UK.
00:07The heat is likely to peak on Saturday.
00:10Here's the view from space.
00:11Lysy clear skies across the UK.
00:13This chain of cloud out in the Atlantic is a whole host of weather fronts and low pressure systems.
00:19But if we put the winds on high in the sky, the jet stream,
00:22you can see that it's pushing all of that cloud on those weather fronts to the north of the UK.
00:28They are still affecting the far north, bringing some thicker cloud at times over the Western Isles and the Northern Isles.
00:33Maybe even a little bit of showery rain here and there over the highlands, maybe the Grampians too.
00:38But for most places, it's dry.
00:39It's a sunnier day compared to yesterday for a good part of England and Wales.
00:44There is some mist and low cloud and sea fog milling around the Irish Sea.
00:48That may affect some coasts here at times.
00:50But most places, it's all about the sunshine.
00:53More of it than yesterday.
00:54Temperatures higher than yesterday, likely to exceed 30 Celsius across parts of the Midlands,
01:00southeast England.
01:01And temperatures just ticking up further north as well.
01:03That will continue.
01:04Not as warm across the far northwest with thicker cloud and a brisk breeze.
01:08But we are going to see that rain just pulling away to the north.
01:11It'll be a little damp over Shetland through the first part of the night.
01:15But generally becoming dry even across the far north of Scotland.
01:19Mist and low cloud.
01:20That's going to be another issue again through the Irish Sea.
01:23So the east coast of Northern Ireland, just like this morning, may start a bit murky.
01:28And some other coasts through the Irish Sea, around the Isle of Man, southwest of Scotland,
01:33even around the coast of North Wales, could be a bit murky first thing on Friday as well.
01:38It will be a pretty warm night.
01:39Temperatures in the south, in particular, holding up in the mid to high teens.
01:4118, probably the low in London and Cardiff, a little bit more comfortable further north.
01:46But temperatures will be rising here by day and by night as we head into the weekend.
01:51So Friday morning, when you pull the curtains back across the east coast of Northern Ireland,
01:55it may well be a little bit murky.
01:57Some mist and sea fog just in here.
01:59It may take a while for it to clear away.
02:01Always the threat of it coming back, but tending to shrink as we go through the day.
02:06And the same goes for around Anglesey in the Isle of Man.
02:09But generally, it is going to be a sunny day tomorrow for the vast majority.
02:13Across Northern Scotland, a sunny air day.
02:15Those weather fronts finally starting to peel away.
02:18And it will, again, be hotter by a degree or so.
02:21More widely over 30 Celsius across the heart of England.
02:2531, 32 likely in one or two spots.
02:28The coast will be a little cooler, but you can see that warmth extending now further north into Northern Scotland.
02:34Along the Murray Firth, we could get into the high 20s.
02:37And a warmer day, too, through the central belt with more sunshine.
02:40A balmy summer's evening this Friday if you're heading out.
02:44And then as we head into the weekend, well, temperatures will be ticking up a little further on Saturday.
02:49Notice that weather front not too far away.
02:52And you can see it's a similar pattern to how we start with high pressure now edging a little bit further to the east of the UK.
02:59But, again, if we put those winds high up, you can see what the jet stream's doing.
03:02And it's now just tilted.
03:03So it's pushing the weather fronts and the low pressure systems further away, allowing that high pressure to dominate even more.
03:11And that means with the day-on-day rise, the temperatures, the high pressure squashing the air, more sunshine on Saturday.
03:17We'll like to see the peak of the temperatures probably across East Wales, West Midlands, down to Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, that sort of area.
03:26A 32, maybe a 33, perhaps even a degree or so higher in one or two locations.
03:32A little cooler on some of these eastern coasts, a little warmer perhaps in northern Scotland, could get to 30 Celsius along the Murray coastline there.
03:40And a hotter feel across the highlands as well.
03:42Still pretty hot here on Sunday, but temperatures elsewhere on Sunday a little bit lower.
03:48A bit more cloud across eastern areas and a bit more breeze picking up here, too.
03:52But still, it's still going to be a hot day for the vast majority.
03:56For more details on the weekend, you can catch Aidan with the weekend forecast that'll be available on Thursday afternoon on our YouTube channel.
