Met Office Friday Afternoon Weather Forecast 05/12/2025

National afternoon forecast presented by Annie Shuttleworth

Transcript

00:00Hello. Yet more rain is on the way this afternoon moving in across western areas. Across the

00:06east though it was a chilly and cold start because we've had clear skies. You can see

00:11that on the satellite picture. So there is more sunshine to come through the rest of

00:15this afternoon. But across the west you can see this deep area of low pressure. It's a

00:19pretty massive area in fact that will bring strengthening winds as well as bands of quite

00:24heavy rain to many western areas through this afternoon and into the east by this evening.

00:29You can see that heavy rain already pushing into parts of southwestern England, western

00:33Wales as well as Northern Ireland. There's a wind warning in force for Northern Ireland

00:37as these southerly winds will really start to strengthen through the Irish Sea bringing

00:41a risk of travel disruption. Ahead of this band of rain there will be a spell of drier

00:47weather particularly across eastern areas of England. That's going to be where the driest

00:51weather will last the longest. But after the cold start here it will still feel quite cold

00:56through much of this afternoon. However across the west temperatures are on the rise but

01:00with those strong winds you're really not going to feel the benefit. Now the rain clears to

01:04showers across many western areas through this evening. So some quite blustery showers to

01:09come for many western areas of the UK as well as across northwestern areas. Across the east

01:14we'll see that spell of wet weather clear to showers by the early hours and with more cloud

01:19around and some quite gusty winds through this evening temperatures will be higher than last night.

01:24But there is a risk of a touch of frost just across the far northwest of Scotland. But

01:28for many of us it's going to be a milder start to the day but a pretty unsettled weekend is

01:33on the cards. We will see a series of blustery showers across western areas. These bring a

01:37risk of thunderstorms as well as hail particularly across English Channel coasts. That's where

01:42we'll see some very gusty winds. It will turn a little bit dry for some of us however

01:46on Saturday. The best chance of any drier weather parts of Scotland, northeastern England,

01:51some areas of Northern Ireland actually seeing a drier end to the day on Saturday too. But

01:56for most of us it's going to be a cloudy and unsettled weekend. Temperatures however

02:0110 or 11 degrees, 12 degrees for some southwestern areas. So a milder day and the winds won't

02:06be quite as strong by the afternoon. So that's at least one benefit of the weekend as otherwise

02:13it is looking fairly unsettled. Now the cloud does slowly melt away through Saturday evening.

02:19Continue to see some showers though across the far north and west of Scotland but elsewhere

02:23it will turn much clearer. So with that dry interlude potentially a bit of a cold start on Sunday

02:29but the dry weather won't last long. The next area of low pressure will bring in the next batch

02:33of rain through Sunday. So there is yet more rain to come through the rest of this weekend and in fact

02:39into next week. So with all this rain around it's important to stay tuned to the forecast and you

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