High pressure building over the UK, bringing a northerly flow, especially over the east of the country. It will be a dry and cloudy day for many with a few sunny spells. In some areas, the cloud may be thick enough for a few spots of rain. - This is the Met Office UK weather forecast for the afternoon of 21/08/2025. Bringing you today’s forecast is Alex Burkill.
00:00Hello, very good day to you. If you're hoping for some largely dry weather as we go into the Long Bank holiday weekend, we'll have some pretty good news for you.
00:08Most places are going to stay generally dry. Looking at the bigger picture currently, yes, there's low pressure out in the Atlantic, but it's way out in the Atlantic, not really influencing us at the moment.
00:18Instead, we have high pressure building. That high pressure, though, is bringing a bit of a northerly flow down, particularly across eastern parts of the country.
00:25So that's going to keep things a bit fresher, a bit cooler here, and a bit of a breeze around those North Sea coastal parts as well.
00:32For many, though, it is going to be a dry day, quite cloudy at times. Some sunshine will be breaking through coastal parts of Wales, southwest England, and elsewhere.
00:41A few brighter, sunnier breaks are quite likely through the afternoon, but often quite cloudy, and that cloud could be thick enough for a few spots of rain, maybe Northern Ireland, perhaps, and even elsewhere.
00:52One or two spots can't be ruled out. Now, under the cloud, it's not going to feel especially warm for the time of year, but where we get the sunshine, temperatures are going to be getting into the low 20s, 22, 23 Celsius, perhaps.
01:04And worth also bearing in mind, down the eastern side, as I mentioned, we have that northerly breeze pushing in, so that's going to keep things a fair bit cooler, feeling fresher for sure here.
01:14Later on, more cloud for many of us as we go through the evening, but still there will be some breaks around, so not necessarily wall-to-wall cloudy skies.
01:23And actually, as we go overnight, a few more breaks in the cloud are quite likely, and they're important, because where we see the cloud breaking up and we get those clear skies, that's where we're going to see our temperatures taking quite a dip.
01:34Now, most towns and cities are going to hold up in double figures, but any rural spots with the clearer skies, which are quite difficult to pinpoint exactly where they'll be, but where we get those clearer skies, rural locations could drop as low as 2 or 3 Celsius, perhaps.
01:50A mostly dry night for many of us, a bit of rain, perhaps, where the clouds thicken up in a few spots.
01:54And do watch out, there could be a couple of mist and fog patches first thing tomorrow morning, but these will quite quickly clear.
02:00And then tomorrow, on the whole, quite a similar day to today, really.
02:04Again, quite a bit of cloud for many of us, particularly across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
02:09A bit more sunshine, though, on offer across parts of Scotland and also into northwest England.
02:14Still need to watch out, there could be a bit of drizzly rain here and there, but most places having a largely dry day.
02:20Now, temperatures are going to be rising as we go into the bank holiday weekend.
02:24They're going to be relatively similar to today on Friday for many of us, but perhaps a degree or so higher.
02:31But it's always going to be where you get that sunshine that it's going to feel warmest.
02:35It's starting to turn ever so slightly less fresh, less cool across those eastern coastal parts as those winds start to drop out.
02:43Then, as we go into the bank holiday weekend, like I say, high pressure is going to be firmly in control.
02:48So lots of dry weather around.
02:49It's probably going to be a bit sunnier than it is through today and tomorrow.
02:53So with that sunshine, then, it's going to be feeling warmer as well.
02:57We do need to cater for some showery bursts to push through, some question marks as to exactly how many showers we're going to see.
03:03But we could see a few at times.
03:05Most of us will avoid them, though, and have a largely fine weekend.
03:09For more information about what we can expect through the bank holiday weekend,
03:12well, make sure you check out the weekend forecast, which Alex Deacon will be bringing to you later on.
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