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This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the weekend 12/02/2026. Finally a break in the relentlessly gloomy and damp weather of recent weeks as a brief ridge of high pressure topples in for Valentine's Day. It's unlikely to last throughout the weekend, however, with more rain and hill snow by Saturday night. Bringing you this weekend’s weather forecast is Aidan McGivern

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00:00Hello and welcome to the Met Office forecast for the weekend. Finally, finally, finally
00:05something different to talk about this weekend. Now, we're not going to see an end to the
00:11rain during the next week or so, but what we are going to see are more gaps in between
00:16weather systems. It's not going to be as relentless and the first gap comes along in the form
00:20of this ridge of high pressure as we begin Saturday morning. Under that ridge of high
00:25pressure, widely clear skies on Friday night will lead to the first widespread frost for
00:30some time. Many parts of the UK sub-zero as we begin Saturday. A crisp but bright start
00:37to the day. Widespread sunny skies first thing. A couple of exceptions. Some sleety showers
00:42will get blown onto the east coast of England early on and one or two showers will also
00:47affect parts of Pembrokeshire, North Wales. They'll fade away. Another showery feature
00:52will also affect the far north of the mainland of Scotland, pushing into Orkney and Shetland
00:56by lunchtime. But away from these showery areas, actually much of the UK is simply dry
01:02and bright. The best of the sunshine continuing into the afternoon across central and eastern
01:07areas, the sun turning more milky further west as some thicker cloud rolls in as we end
01:13the day. The breeze picking up as well. But despite the sunshine, it's actually going to
01:18feel a bit colder compared with recent days. Temperatures of four to six Celsius. However,
01:24with bright skies and light winds, well, perfectly pleasant, certainly compared with the relentless
01:30rain that many parts of the UK have seen recently. There's the cold air in place. The next weather
01:34system moves in. And of course, as that bumps into the cold air, there's always the chance
01:38of snow. Mostly northern hills, but not exclusively. And that wet weather during Saturday afternoon
01:45and evening. Soon enough pushes into Northern Ireland, reaches western Scotland by about
01:498pm. Parts of Wales and the southwest see that rain set in around 10pm. And so if you're
01:56heading out on Valentine's Day evening, be prepared for some wet weather in the west. Winds
02:01picking up as well. Gales around coastal locations. And it's going to feel unpleasant out there with
02:08a cold feel and some snow coming down mixed in with the rain on the leading edge, most especially
02:14over hills. And it's the hills, especially across Wales, Northern England, much of Scotland, where
02:20we'll see the deepest snow turn up overnight, risk of greatest disruption. Always the chance. You
02:28wouldn't rule out some patchy small amounts of snow at lower levels very briefly early Sunday. Much of
02:35this occurring during the hours of darkness, however, because temperatures will be rising from
02:40the west as the system moves through. So much of the snow eventually turning back to rain at
02:46lower levels. And for southern counties, certainly it's virtually all rain. Eight Celsius there
02:51in Cornwall, one or two for eastern parts of the UK as we begin Sunday. And this system does
02:58clear through, having left some snow over northern hills and patches at lower levels, which soon
03:03enough disappear. It's brightening skies then once more across many parts of the UK on Sunday
03:10morning. But frequent showers turning up from the west, some heavy downpours, even some rumbles
03:15of thunder, gusty winds as well. And that wind will feel cold because although technically it's
03:21a degree or two milder compared with Saturday, we've got stronger winds, we've got some heavy
03:27downpours to deal with. So an unpleasant afternoon, I suspect, if you're caught in those downpours.
03:33And not the day of rain after that, well, glimmer of hope that is Valentine's Day.
03:40That low pressure responsible moves through. And these systems are moving through finally.
03:45The block that has kept things so relentless across the UK is finally shifting a bit further
03:52east across Scandinavia into western Russia. And so finally, low pressure systems can squeeze
03:58past the UK. But there will be more low pressure systems on the way through next week. Some
04:04reasonably deep lows, so some wet and windy weather is expected. It's just that it's a little bit
04:10more typical winter weather for the UK, with wet and windy days followed by at least some drier
04:16wildly quick. And since the UK is in Australia, it's a little bit more into the UK in the UK.
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