Met Office Thursday evening weather forecast 01/05/2025

01 May - National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern

Transcript

00:00Hi there.

00:01Following the hottest start to May on record, it is now turning cooler from the north.

00:06The cool air has already been across Scotland and Northern Ireland.

00:10Cloudier skies have persisted through Thursday with a few showers and the old thunderstorm.

00:15And that cool air sinks south overnight, although it doesn't quite reach the far south where

00:19it's a muggy night.

00:21Some clear spells, but also increasing cloud into the south and southwest.

00:24A few showers pushing through parts of Mid Wales into the Midlands, the old thunderstorm

00:29but for many it's a dry night with a few clear spells and a big temperature contrast.

00:35Feeling cold first thing Friday in the north, a touch of grass, frost possible, but continuing

00:39to feel warm further south and plenty of sunshine actually first thing through the Midlands,

00:44East Anglia and the southeast.

00:45Any early showers tending to peter out, always the chance of thicker cloud remaining around

00:50the southwestern coast, some mist and fog around coastal areas as well.

00:54Cloudier skies further north once again but this will break and thin into the afternoon,

00:57some bright spells developing, showers continuing to affect the far north and northwest of Scotland.

01:01A cool breeze, 11 to 13 Celsius here.

01:04Further south, still a warm day in the south and southeast, 26 to 27 Celsius possible, but

01:11that warmth is continuing to be eroded away from the north.

01:15And as we head into the bank holiday weekend, a much colder night for southern areas compared

01:23with Thursday nights, I should say.

01:25And for most it's single figures as we begin the weekend, mid to high single figures for

01:30the majority.

01:31Now we've got a lot of cloud across Scotland first thing and we've got these showers continuing

01:35to affect the north and northeast of Scotland.

01:37Also, an increased chance of cloud and showers drifting up from the English Channel to affect

01:42southern counties of England.

01:44And these will be hit and miss but there's the chances of heavy downpours.

01:48Even the old thunderstorm in the extreme south and that's certainly going to limit temperatures

01:52on Saturday.

01:53And we've got even cooler air spreading in during Saturday night and into Sunday.

01:59We can see the isobars are pointing well up to the north and this cool or you might even

02:04call it cold airflow begins to penetrate parts of eastern UK in particular.

02:11Still some sunshine out there, still high pressure keeping things mostly settled, but we will

02:15see a few showers heading into the North Sea coast.

02:19And then spank holiday Monday, that colder air is across the whole of the UK.

02:23So a marked temperature drop through the weekend, albeit with still plenty of mostly dry weather

02:30with that high pressure in charge.

02:31That high pressure sticks around all of next week with a day on day temperature rise beginning

02:37from Tuesday.

02:38We'll keep you updated right here.