The start of Friday morning is overcast for most, with widespread rain in the southeast of England and scattered showers in the north. As the day progresses it becomes drier but remains cloudy in most places. However, Northern Ireland, southwest England, southern Wales and southwest Scotland will have bright skies in the afternoon. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the morning of 31/01/2025. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Aiden McGivern.
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00:00Hi there. It's a cloudy and in some places wet start to Friday, but drier and brighter
00:05weather is on its way, albeit slowly from the west. At the moment, the jet stream is
00:10pushing to the north of the UK. That's where it's directing areas of low pressure, but
00:14a lot of these lows will dangle weather fronts into the UK from the northwest. So, as will
00:20often be the case over the next few days, the wettest weather will be in the northwest,
00:23drier towards the southeast. However, as we start off Friday, there is some heavy rain
00:27across the southeast. That's going to move away, leaving behind a lot of low cloud into
00:32eastern England, some drizzling places. Brighter weather, though, will emerge, especially across
00:39Northern Ireland, southwest Scotland, Wales and the southwest. And with lighter winds,
00:43it's going to be a pleasant afternoon. Once again, 8 to 10 Celsius. But central Scotland,
00:49the Highlands and the Grampians keep a lot of cloud and some drizzle. Likewise, through
00:53East Anglia and the southeast. And it stays that way through Friday night. So, we keep
00:58that legacy of low cloud, some patchy drizzle. And the low cloud will perhaps form mist and
01:04fog in places as well. We do have a gap of clearer spells. And in that gap, we'll see
01:09frost and fog forming overnight, especially through parts of Wales and the southwest,
01:14northeast Scotland likewise. But for western Scotland and Northern Ireland, the breeze
01:19picks up and further outbreaks of rain arrive by the end of the night. So, it's this central
01:24slice where we're likely to see the lowest temperatures as we begin the weekend. A few
01:29dense fog patches, gloomy once again and on the cold side for the east of England, milder
01:36towards the far northwest as the next Atlantic system starts to move through. And a strengthening
01:41southwestly breeze will bring that milder air. So, actually, it's western Scotland and
01:47Northern Ireland where technically temperatures will be the highest on Saturday afternoon.
01:50But it's not going to feel very pleasant with that strengthening breeze and outbreaks of
01:54rain on and off. The heavier stuff tends to stay well to the west through Saturday. So,
02:00for many places, actually, it's relatively dry. The best of any sunshine tending to remain
02:06through parts of Northern England into the Midlands, the southwest as well as Wales.
02:10The low cloud in the southeast tending to lift and break in places, but still one or
02:14two spots of drizzle possible even into the afternoon. Six or seven Celsius here, nine
02:19or ten towards the west and northwest. And we're going to see the similar kind of weather
02:25pattern continue into Sunday and the start of next week. That is, weather systems moving
02:31into the northwest, tending to slowly fizzle out as they cross the country and slow down.
02:37And so, it's always the northwest where we'll see the wettest weather, whereas towards the
02:41southeast, a lot of cloud, yes, but nothing particularly wet. Bye-bye.