Rain becoming more patchy as it moves south and east, but still with the odd showery outbreak by the afternoon. Cloud in central parts of the UK will break up, leaving much of England with sunny conditions, especially in the east. Sunnier conditions following too into Northern Ireland and western Scotland. Temperatures touching average for this time of year after a cold and frosty start in the southeast. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the morning of 01/02/2025. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Tom Morgan.
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00:00Good morning. There wasn't a huge amount of sunshine off on Saturday, but I am hopeful
00:04that we'll see more of that through the course of today. Generally, quite cloudy conditions
00:08though for many across the north and the west to begin the day, quite wet and windy across
00:12western Scotland in particular. This band of rain will slowly make its way southwards
00:16and eastwards across the UK through the course of the day, but generally fragmenting as it
00:20does so, so not much more than the odd showery outbreak by this afternoon. After a cold and
00:25frosty start across the south and the east of the UK, here it should be a much sunnier
00:29day than yesterday. Plenty of blue skies and sunshine, and that sunshine extending into
00:34parts of the Midlands and perhaps Lincolnshire as well as we go towards this afternoon. It
00:38will also turn sunnier across the west of Scotland and Northern Ireland, so a much brighter
00:42end to the day to come here too. Temperatures ranging quite close to average for the time
00:47of year, 7 or 8 degrees for many of us, perhaps 9 or 10 in the mildest spots, so not feeling
00:52too bad at all for the time of year in the sunshine. That band of fragmented rain starts
00:58to make its way a bit further southwards and eastwards as we go through this evening,
01:01but generally not more than a band of cloud by the time we get to the early hours of Monday.
01:05Ahead of that, some clear skies remaining across the east of Anglia and across the very
01:09far south-east of England. So here, one or two freezing fog patches are possible in the
01:13countryside and certainly a widespread frost. Temperatures here in the countryside perhaps
01:16down to minus 3 or minus 4 in a few spots, generally much milder elsewhere with temperatures
01:22not falling much below 3 or 4 degrees and some places 5 or 6 degrees in the north-west.
01:28So we will start to see the next band of rain pushing into the north-west of Scotland by
01:32the time we get to tomorrow morning and that will be bringing some strong to gale force
01:35winds as we go through the course on Monday. So generally a much wetter and windier picture
01:40once again, particularly for north-west Scotland where the rain will be particularly heavy
01:44and persistent. But some rain also encroaching into other parts of Scotland and Northern
01:49Ireland through the day, so a bit of a damp picture here. Many parts of England and Wales
01:52though will get away with a largely dry day. There could be just one or two light showers
01:56across central and southern England and parts of the Midlands but you'll be very unlucky
02:00if you catch one of these. Most places will stay dry and it should brighten up a little
02:03bit for northern England, parts of Wales and the south-west. Temperatures again, quite
02:08close to average but a little bit higher than over the weekend. So we could see 9 or 10
02:13degrees a little bit more widely and the winds will start to ease a little bit down towards
02:17the south. As we go through the week ahead we are going to see this cold front bringing
02:21that band of rain across the country on Tuesday. So some heavier bursts of rain perhaps even
02:26in the south for a time. It turns colder then for a time on Wednesday with wintry showers
02:31across Scotland but then high pressure builds across the whole of the UK as we go towards
02:35Wednesday and Thursday. So that's going to bring a much more settled and fine picture
02:39for the end of the week. Make sure you subscribe so you never miss an update and I'll see you
02:44again very soon.