This afternoon will feature sunny skies and calm winds for the vast majority of the country. There may be the odd shower in northern and central England and in the northeast of Scotland, while Northern Ireland will see some overcast skies, but these are exceptions to the pattern of fine weather. Daytime maximum temperatures are close to average for much of the UK, though it is a bit chilly in the north of Scotland. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 30/01/2025. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Aiden McGivern.
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00:00Hi there, blue skies for many of us during Thursday afternoon, plenty of sunny spells
00:04and fine weather, although the far north-east of Scotland is still affected by an area of
00:08low pressure which is moving away. That's going to bring showery rain for Shetland and
00:12perhaps for Orkney as well, a few showers along with a gusty and cold feeling wind.
00:17Lighter winds elsewhere, plenty of sunny spells, just one or two showers into the west, otherwise
00:21a fine afternoon for the vast majority. And with bright blue skies, feeling perfectly
00:26pleasant 7 or 8 Celsius in the south, right average for the time of year, 3 or 4 though
00:30for the north-east of Scotland and feeling cold with the wind.
00:34Northern Ireland turns cloudy by the end of the afternoon ahead of this system which is
00:38an occluded front, that's going to bring a spell of heavy rain from the west to the east
00:43overnight and as it bumps into the cold air ahead of it, there will be a spell of hill
00:48snow for northern England and Scotland because temperatures are going to fall away for parts
00:52of Scotland and the east and north of England during the evening. Frost in places as low
00:58as minus 3 or minus 4 Celsius for sheltered parts of north-east Scotland and with that
01:02cold air in place there will be some hill snow, mostly the falling snow above 200 metres,
01:07settling snow above around 500 metres or so. One or two roads could be affected first thing
01:12but it is a temporary situation during the early hours before milder air arrives by the
01:18end of the night and the rain pushes through, gusty rain, gusty winds I should say and heavy
01:24rain for a time. By the end of the night it's into the Midlands, the south and south-east
01:28of England. Showers following but also some clear spells into Northern Ireland and Wales
01:33and temperatures recovering, these are the temperatures by dawn rather than the minimum
01:38temperatures which will likely occur earlier in the night. A lot of cloud first thing for
01:43many central and eastern parts of the country, some rain to clear slowly from the south-east
01:48but the heavier stuff is really early doors and it stays gloomy in the east of England
01:54but brighter skies are moving into the west. A fine end to the day for Northern Ireland,
01:58western and northern Scotland, Wales and the south-west, temperatures of 9 or 10 Celsius
02:03and with light winds a pleasant enough afternoon, albeit with a lot of cloud there remaining
02:09for the east of England. That tends to fizzle away into Friday evening and then it's a repeat
02:14performance with clear skies initially on Friday night before the next system brings
02:19a spell of cloud and rain in by the start of the weekend. So the weather chopping and
02:25changing over the next few days but at least there will be some decent sunny spells in
02:29between any wetter systems moving through from the west. We'll keep you updated right
02:34here from the Met Office. Bye bye.