Met Office Tuesday Afternoon Weather Forecast 20/05/2025

20 May - National weather forecast presented by Honor Criswick

Transcript

00:00Hello there, good afternoon.

00:02More rain and showers on their way, but long overdue after a very dry spring, though many

00:07this afternoon aren't going to see much rain at all.

00:10It's going to be largely dry for many areas, lots of sunshine around once any low cloud

00:14has burnt its way back towards coastal areas, wall-to-wall blue skies for most, though there

00:19is the risk of showers, particularly across southern Scotland, northern parts of England,

00:23the odd isolated shower across parts of south-west and parts of Wales, but the main shower risk

00:28is going to be across Northern Ireland, where the odd one or two could be rather heavy,

00:33we might even hear the odd rumble of thunder, but for most, as I say, it should be a largely

00:38dry afternoon, feeling a tad warmer than yesterday, highs reaching around 22 to 23 degrees Celsius.

00:46Through into the evening, some showers lingering on across Northern Ireland for a time, eventually

00:51easing away, then it's all eyes towards the south, thicker clouds pushing through here

00:55and eventually we'll start to see outbreaks of showery rain, particularly across parts

00:59of Wales and parts of the south-west, so a very different feel by the time we wake up

01:03Wednesday morning across many areas in the south, but across Northern Ireland, Scotland,

01:08northern parts of England, a dry night, plenty of clear skies, which means temperatures slipping

01:13away a little more here, and the return of low cloud just creeping into the very far north-west

01:18of Scotland, quite a breeze here too.

01:22Through the course of Wednesday, quite a different day on offer across parts of the south central

01:26areas too, more clouds, showery outbreaks of rain eventually easing into the afternoon

01:30as it pushes its way south, sunny spells across central areas, but once again, some showers

01:35bubbling up into the afternoon, still a chance we could see the odd heavy shower, but a much

01:40drier day on offer across Northern Ireland, still plenty of sunshine across Scotland, northern

01:45parts of England, feeling a little cooler across the south where that cloud lingers on, but

01:50still in the warm sunshine, it is going to feel pleasant, highs still reaching around

01:5421 to 22 degrees Celsius.

01:57Now for the rest of the week, we eventually say goodbye to the cloud and rain across the

02:01south, but notice a cold front sweeping its way southwards through Thursday, dragging in

02:06some cooler air, so we might see some quite chilly nights to finish off the week.

02:10Then it's all eyes to the west just for the beginning of the bank holiday weekend, low pressure

02:14starting to dominate, sweeping in some frontal systems, so more cloud and rain as we head

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