A fairly cloudy afternoon across the UK, but the cloud will lift and break up at times to allow some brightness, with the best of sunshine across Wales, southwestern and southeastern England, southern and eastern Scotland. Dry for the vast majority with some outbreaks of rain affecting Orkney and Shetland. Feeling warm in the sunshine. - This is the Met Office UK weather forecast for the afternoon of 24/08/2025. Bringing you today’s forecast is Kathryn Chalk.
00:00Good afternoon. Well, if you're a fan of the sunshine, there's plenty more on offer through today
00:05and more so through Bank Holiday Monday before turning more unsettled Tuesday onwards.
00:11So taking a look at the bigger picture then, we've got this area of high pressure just sinking its way south and eastwards,
00:16but that influences our weather through Sunday and Monday.
00:19As we go into Tuesday, we've got this area of low pressure ex-Hurricane Erin.
00:24That's going to influence our weather, bringing showers or longer spells of rain, and also bringing in some very large waves, especially across western coasts.
00:35But back to the rest of Sunday afternoon, there is variable amounts of cloud, but hopefully I'll start lifting, breaking.
00:42We should see some bright or sunny spells developing.
00:44The best of the sunshine really focused across Wales, the southwest of England, southeast of England, but also south and eastern areas of Scotland.
00:55There's still some outbreaks of rain just affecting Orkney and Shetland, but for the vast majority, it is a dry day.
01:02In the sunshine, still feeling pleasantly warm.
01:05We'll see highs 24, 25, possibly 26 degrees, but always cooler along the coast where you've got a bit more of that onshore breeze.
01:13So as we go through Sunday evening, then, most of this cloud will shift its way eastward.
01:18It will start melting away, and then for many, it's a dry night to come, the exception across Orkney and Shetland,
01:25where we've still got this cloud and rain, but elsewhere, lengthy clear skies overnight.
01:30There will be some mist and fog patches developing, and a bit more of a breeze just developing across the west,
01:36especially across the southwest and into Northern Ireland as we start Monday morning.
01:41But otherwise, temperatures holding up in towns and cities in the double digits, but some spots may dip down into the high single figures.
01:50So for those off on bank holiday Monday, well, it's a fine and pleasant day out there.
01:55Plenty of blue skies, a much brighter picture across Scotland.
01:58Still holding on to some cloud across Orkney and Shetland, but for the vast majority, plenty of warm, lengthy sunshine.
02:06However, as we go into the afternoon, cloud will build across Northern Ireland.
02:11We'll start to see this weather front moving in, bringing some heavier spells of rain and also some stronger winds.
02:17But otherwise, in that sunshine, with more of that southerly flow, we'll draw up some drier air, but also some warmer air.
02:24So temperatures are going to be rising, 28, possibly 29, maybe even 30 degrees for the likes of the Midlands or even across parts of Wales.
02:34So a pleasant day to come for most of us for bank holiday Monday.
02:38So as we go into the evening time, though, this band of heavy rain will move its way across into Northern Ireland, western parts of Scotland,
02:47and then eventually into the southwest of England, holding on to the clearest skies across the far east.
02:53So that leaves an unsettled picture as we go Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday with heaviest spells of rain and showers and generally temperatures turning closer to average.
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