The start of Thursday evening is dry and clear in most places across the UK. However, this changes with the arrival of a rain band from the west which brings widespread, and at times intense, rainfall first to Northern Ireland before moving on to Wales, Scotland, northern England and lastly southern England. The precipitation will fall as snow on higher ground in Scotland. The far north of Scotland will generally avoid the worst of the wet weather. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the evening of 30/01/2025. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Aiden McGivern.
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00:00Hi there, it's been a fine Thursday for many of us but rain is now moving in and
00:06it's going to cross the country west to east overnight courtesy of this
00:10occluded front, a relatively active feature bringing a spell of heavy rain
00:14and gusty winds as it moves across the UK. However, much of the more unsettled
00:20weather takes place during the hours of darkness. Certainly for Northern Ireland,
00:24Western Scotland, that rain soon to arrive during the evening it then bumps
00:26into cold air across Northern England and Scotland which will lead to some
00:30hill snow, falling snow above 200 metres, settling snow mostly above 500 metres, so
00:36the odd road affected but widespread disruption unlikely. At lower levels, rain
00:41and by dawn much the rain's fizzling out. However, southern counties of England
00:46likely to see a continuation of the heavier outbreaks of rain. A lot of cloud
00:51as well as we start off Friday and feeling cold under the grey leaden skies
00:56and outbreaks of rain or drizzle. Northern Ireland, parts of Wales and
01:01Western Scotland meanwhile start off with at least some sunshine and those
01:06are brighter skies are going to gradually move eastwards but not before
01:10we see this extensive low cloud across central Scotland, it's northern and
01:14eastern England, parts of the Midlands. It's a slow process in terms of
01:19brightening up from the west and certainly for eastern England we keep
01:22the low cloud, some mist patches and some drizzle right the way through to the
01:26afternoon. But where we do have some sunshine, Northern Ireland, parts of
01:30Western and South West Scotland, Wales and the South West, it's a lovely end to
01:34the day. Blue skies, 8 or 9 Celsius generally, not feeling quite as cold as
01:39it has been across the north of Scotland, either 5 or 6 degrees. Now we keep the
01:44cloud there across eastern parts of England into Friday night where we've
01:48got clear skies elsewhere, there will be some frost and fog forming and there's
01:53this gap in between weather systems actually where we do have the clear
01:57skies and the lowest temperatures by dawn on Saturday, some fog patches, a lot
02:03of low cloud, mist and fog also likely across parts of the East Midlands into
02:07East Anglia in the southeast, 2 or 3 Celsius here and then we've got the next
02:12system pushing outbreaks of rain, a freshening breeze and some cloud into
02:17Western Scotland and Northern Ireland, so a three-way split on Saturday morning
02:22as far as the weather's concerned. This central slice likely to see some fog
02:26lifting and the frost clearing, so brighter skies for a time, staying
02:30largely dry and the low cloud in the southeast will also tend to lift a
02:33little, some breaks appearing by the afternoon, although a few spots of rain
02:37and drizzle can be ruled out as well. But for Western Scotland, Northern Ireland,
02:41we've got a keen breeze from the south-southwest and outbreaks of rain or
02:46drizzle continuing with a lot of cloud cover, so yeah, it's a largely cloudy day
02:52but we do have some of those sunnier skies persisting through central parts.
02:566, 7 Celsius, feeling rather chilly, a little bit milder actually as this cloud
03:02thickens across Northern Ireland and Western Scotland, that's where the
03:06highest temperatures are expected because of the breeze coming from the
03:10south-southwest. Later in the day, the rain does tend to move into northwestern
03:15parts of the UK but it again fizzles out and that will lead to a grey and
03:20damp day for many on Sunday but the rain not particularly heavy by the time it
03:25moves into central and southern parts of the country and it's a repeat
03:29performance into the start of next week. Changeable, some rain at times but
03:34nothing desperately unsettled on the horizon.