Met Office Saturday morning weather forecast 04/04/2025

04 April -  National weather forecast presented by Alex Deakin.

Transcript

00:00Good morning. If you're waking up to grey skies, we're hoping for some sunshine.

00:05Well, fear not, they will materialise. For many, it's going to be a sunny weekend.

00:10It's been quite a gusty, blustery night across parts of the West,

00:13and that low cloud has been seeping in through the night,

00:16so that's why you may be waking up to grey skies first thing.

00:19But by mid to late morning, that low cloud will be disappearing,

00:23and then we'll see some decent spells of sunshine coming through.

00:26There is always the threat with an easterly breeze of the har and the fret,

00:30just sticking to some eastern coasts, but for many, it'll be fine and sunny.

00:35And the brisk and fairly noticeable cold wind across the South will ease a little through the day,

00:41but it'll still look warmer than it feels.

00:44Temperatures won't be quite as high as yesterday's values.

00:48We could still squeak up to 20 across South Wales, South West England,

00:52but more likely into the high teens, and again,

00:54these eastern coasts could struggle to get out of single digits.

00:58And certainly when compared to yesterday, these numbers are a few degrees lower,

01:03particularly across parts of eastern England, and it feels colder with that breeze,

01:07which will continue to ease a little through the night.

01:10A slight shift in the wind direction means the low cloud that gets pulled in overnight tonight

01:15will be more confined to eastern Scotland,

01:18and the Midlands and eastern England won't see as much of it through the night tonight.

01:22It does make for a colder night, temperatures more widely getting close to freezing,

01:27so gardeners take note.

01:29You don't want to be planting too many delicate flowers at the moment,

01:33because there is a continued risk of nighttime frosts, even as we go into next week.

01:37Most towns and cities just about staying above tonight,

01:40but some touches of frost certainly likely in the countryside.

01:44So a chilly start to Sunday, but another cracking day if you like blue sky.

01:49It will start a bit dry in eastern Scotland, and the high may stick around on some coasts.

01:54Certainly it could persist over Shetland for much of the day as the winds swing more southerly.

01:58That southerly wind across northern Scotland means temperatures should be a bit higher along the Murray Firth,

02:03where we've got the breeze in from the North Sea in Aberdeen.

02:06Temperatures could still struggle to get out of double figures,

02:10but probably a warmer feeling day in Edinburgh.

02:12Further south, temperatures a degree or so down on today's values.

02:1616, 17, maybe 18 in one or two places, but at least that wind will be a little bit lighter through tomorrow.

02:23Plenty of sunshine to come then this weekend, and for many it's likely to continue well into next week.

02:29And with quite a few schools broken up now, that is good news if you're on school holiday.

02:34For more day-to-day details as we go through next week,

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