A weak front nudges southeast this evening, bringing cloud and isolated showers to Scotland, northern England and Wales. Behind the front, some clear spells developing amidst more showers, but drier conditions largely in the south tonight. Mild overnight. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the evening of 25/07/2025. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Alex Burkill.
00:00Hello again. We do have some dry weather on offer this weekend, but there will also be some showery bursts of rain to watch out for as well.
00:08Let's start off, though, looking at the bigger picture. We still have a weak front pushing its way southeastwards across us.
00:13It's not bringing a huge amount of rain, but the other thing I wanted to draw your attention to is this area of high pressure.
00:20It's trying to build from the Azores, and it's trying to dominate our weather, but it's not going to push its way across the whole country.
00:27As a result, we will still see a couple of frontal systems making their way, particularly towards northern parts as we go through Saturday into Sunday.
00:35So we are going to see some wetter weather towards the north during the latter part of the weekend as well.
00:40But back to the here and now, and like I said, there is a front lying across kind of from northern England down through Wales and southwest England to start the night.
00:47It edges a bit further southeast, but it doesn't make a huge amount of progress, but it's not bringing a huge amount of rain either.
00:53Just a bit more cloud for some places and just some drizzly bursts here and there.
00:57Further north and west across Scotland, Northern Ireland, behind the front, there will be some breaks in the cloud developing,
01:02but also a few scattered showers coming in from the northwest too.
01:06Meanwhile, ahead of the front towards the southeast, a drier picture here, often clear skies.
01:12But despite the clear skies, because we do have quite high humidity at the moment, temperature's not dropping a huge amount,
01:18maybe a little bit fresh across some eastern parts of Scotland, northeast England,
01:21but most places seeing temperatures holding up in the mid, possibly even high teens Celsius.
01:26As well as that, because of the humidity, there could be some mist and fog patches across the southeast first thing on Saturday morning.
01:32But they're going to quite quickly clear.
01:33That front I mentioned earlier does continue its way eastwards.
01:36It's kind of bringing the focus for some bursts of rain across parts of the Midlands, maybe into Yorkshire early on.
01:44But as it all drifts its way eastwards, it's going to break up, turn a bit more showery.
01:48But then into the afternoon, there's the potential for some of these showery bursts to turn a bit heavier,
01:54maybe even a bit thundery, particularly across parts of like Lincolnshire, maybe the East Midlands, also into East Anglia.
02:01And there is the potential that we could see some heavy showery bursts a bit further south across parts of East Anglia towards London as well.
02:07So do watch out for those. Further north, some scattered showers making their way in across parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland,
02:13a few for Northern England too, but they'll be quite hit or miss.
02:16They could be a little bit heavy if you do catch any, but quite hit or miss, like I say.
02:20And so many places could really avoid them and just have some sunny spells.
02:24The best of the sunshine, though, that's likely to be towards the southwest of the UK.
02:28So across southern Wales, central southern England, a largely fine sunny day here.
02:33And with that, temperatures rising quite nicely, 24, 25 Celsius for some.
02:37So not quite as high as it was through Friday, but nonetheless feeling pretty warm in that sunshine.
02:43A little bit fresher further north.
02:45But again, if you catch any sunshine away from those showers, it's going to feel pretty warm.
02:49Just worth bearing in mind some blustery winds towards the north of the UK.
02:53As we go through a Saturday evening, many of the showers are going to fizzle out and clear away towards the east.
02:59So generally turning dry across much of England and Wales.
03:02But across Scotland and also parts of Northern Ireland, that front that I mentioned, that frontal system that's toppling over the north of that high pressure, that's going to come in.
03:12And so that's going to bring some slightly more persistent showery bursts of rain, particularly across western, northwestern parts of Scotland as we go through Saturday into Sunday.
03:21Now, it could be a little bit heavy at times.
03:23Quite widely, we're looking at around 5 to 10 millimetres.
03:25So not a huge amount, but 20 to 30 is possible in a few places.
03:30So a fair amount of rain likely to push its way in.
03:34Temperatures, again, not dropping a huge amount.
03:36Maybe a little bit fresher for some places.
03:38Some slightly fresher air behind the front that's pushing through currently.
03:42And so, yeah, temperature is a little bit lower than some recent nights, but still generally holding up in double figures.
03:47And then a look ahead to Sunday.
03:50And we need to bear in mind that high pressure trying to come in from the south.
03:53So fewer showers, perhaps, for many places.
03:56But some showery bursts are quite likely across a few areas, particularly across, well, across parts of England.
04:03Well, a few showers are quite likely.
04:05More showery bursts, though, across parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland.
04:08And that rain that's coming in is, again, going to break up and fragment.
04:12And so it's not going to be quite as persistent.
04:14But nonetheless, some fairly heavy showery bursts are quite likely for a fair few people across Scotland and Northern Ireland.
04:20And here it is still going to be quite breezy, lighter winds further south.
04:25Temperatures, again, down a degree or so, perhaps, compared to Saturday.
04:28But still, you know, they're around average for the time of year for most of us.
04:31So it's still warm enough if you do get any brighter breaks.
04:34Perhaps coastal parts have the greatest chance of seeing some of that sunshine.
04:39Now, as we go into next week, and that high pressure is going to continue to edge its way in.
04:44So a drier picture for many on Monday.
04:47But with that high not fully dominating, it will allow for another weather system to make its way across as we go through Tuesday.
04:54So that looks set to bring some showery rain.
04:56What that happens thereafter?
04:57Well, it's definitely worth staying tuned with our forecast through the weekend to keep on top of the forecast for next week.
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