Met Office Friday Afternoon Weather Forecast 11/07/25

11 July - National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern.

Transcript

00:00Hi there. Unlike the last two heatwaves, this one is much more widespread across the UK,

00:07encompassing most of the country. And you can see on Friday afternoon the widespread nature

00:13of the sunshine, just some low cloud there for Shetland, one or two patches around, a few coastal

00:19areas elsewhere, for example, eastern Butts, northern England and the south coast. But these

00:23will be very isolated and for the vast majority it's simply cloud-free skies, very strong

00:29sunshine and high temperatures, widely the mid to high 20s and up to the low 30s across

00:35the central and western parts of the UK. West Midlands, East Wales seeing the peak but cooler

00:40down the east coast and it's towards the east coast where we'll see some patchy low cloud

00:45and mistiness return overnight. This will be very tenuous, it's not going to affect everyone

00:51but there will be some patches creeping inland by dawn. Elsewhere across the UK it's clear

00:57but it's very warm overnight. Widely the high teens and in some spots towards the west,

01:02especially over the hills of western and northwestern Scotland, temperatures not dipping below 20

01:08or 21 Celsius. We start the day though with some of that mist and low cloud affecting eastern coasts.

01:15Much of it will drift offshore once again but a few patches will remain keeping things cooler

01:20and this onshore breeze will keep it cooler in the east and southeast compared with the last two

01:25heat waves but come further west and that's where the highest temperatures will be. We're talking

01:29about widely up to 29 or 30 Celsius across northern Ireland into Scotland. Scotland could see 31 or even

01:3932 Celsius in some of the hotter spots towards the southwest and perhaps the Murray coast but

01:45elsewhere it's going to be even hotter. Western England, southwest Midlands, East Wales, the west country

01:52seeing 31, 32 Celsius widely, a chance of 33 or 34 degrees. So the hot spot there somewhere like Gloucestershire

02:00for example but the east coast like I say feeling a little bit cooler because of the mist, the cloud

02:07and that breeze coming from the North Sea. Then on Saturday night we will see some of that mist and low cloud

02:14come back in again, again patchy in nature. It will be very tenuous and fickle. Elsewhere across the UK

02:20clear skies and another very warm night to come. Once again temperatures in some spots not below 20

02:26Celsius. Into Sunday there will be more cloud in the sky because of a system moving in from the west

02:31and another system moving in from the east but by Monday after a mostly dry and another hot day on

02:36Sunday, Monday sees low pressure return bringing cooler air but also an increased chance of showers,

02:43longer spells of rain and some thunderstorms particularly for Northern Ireland and Scotland although showers could

02:49crop up just about anywhere. So all change into next week. This weekend though sees the peak of the heat.