Met Office Wednesday Afternoon Weather Forecast 23/07/2025

23 July - national forecast presented by Jonathan Vautrey.

Transcript

00:00Hello there, a very good afternoon to you. The umbrellas have already proven useful for

00:05some of us so far today. This is the earlier radar sequence from this morning, showing

00:10a scattering of showers that have developed across several regions. But if we zoom into

00:14the southern half of the UK, you'll notice that some of these showers have quite a bright

00:18colour to them, indicating they've been on the sharper, heavier side. And it is these

00:23regions into the afternoon that could continue to see the odd sharp downpour, particularly

00:27across the far south coast of England, as well as up into East Anglia. Those continuing

00:32downpours could provide a hefty amount of rain in a short period of time, because they will

00:37be slow moving due to the light winds that we've got around today. The odd rumble of thunder

00:41is also possible. There'll be a scattering of showers across the northern half of the

00:45UK as well, but they'll tend to be on the lighter side. And there is a reasonable amount

00:49of cloud around, but some brighter and sunnier spells should poke their way through. If you

00:53manage to see that sunshine, it will feel relatively pleasant. Temperatures around average at this

00:58point in the year, ranging between 19 and 24 degrees Celsius.

01:03If you're heading out this evening, do hold on to those umbrellas, because the showers will

01:07continue for a time into the start of forthcoming nights, and gradually easing off more so as

01:13we head towards midnight. And generally into the back end of the nights, the cloud will break

01:17up a touch more as well, allowing for some clearer spells. A few mist and fog patches may develop

01:22in places, but generally a fine night to come for many. A mild one as well. Certainly in our

01:27towns and cities, temperatures will be holding up around 14 to 16 degrees Celsius. It'll be a touch

01:32fresher in some real areas to kick off Thursday morning. As we head into the morning, we will

01:38start to see more rain just arriving for parts of eastern England. Some uncertainty just in regards

01:43to how far west this could spread, but certainly for parts of East Anglia, eventually down towards

01:47London, we may start to see the odd heavier burst of rain for a time. The best of the

01:52sunshine will be further towards the west, where it should be a relatively fine day to

01:55come here. That difference in conditions will also influence our temperatures. Certainly

02:00under the cloudier skies across the southeast of England, temperatures will be held back

02:04here with a slightly cooler feel and a brisker breeze in place. But with light winds and sunshine

02:08across the west, temperatures will again be climbing into the low to mid-twentieth of degrees

02:13Celsius. It's all changed though as we head into Thursday evening. Whilst the rain in the

02:18southeast will tend to ease off and fizzle away, we'll start to see the cloud thickening

02:23for parts of Northern Ireland and Western Scotland as a band of rain slips in here.

02:27This is all associated with a weather front that's going to push its way into the northwest

02:31of the UK for the end of Thursday and into Friday. Meanwhile, we've got a ridge of high

02:35pressure that will build in across the southeast and so for Friday, it's a reversal of fortunes

02:40with the slightly wetter and damper conditions up towards the northwest and the clearer and brighter

02:45conditions down towards the southeast. We'll have plenty more updates though of what you

02:49can expect over the forthcoming days on the YouTube channel and our full 10-day trend will

02:54be posted later on today as well, so do subscribe for that. Otherwise, enjoy the rest of your

02:59day. Bye-bye.