This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the week ahead 10/02/2025. High pressure over Scandinavia is stopping Atlantic weather fronts but bringing cloud, showers and some hill snow. Bringing you this week’s weather forecast is Honor Criswick.
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00:00Hello there. It's Valentine's at the end of the week, but will the weather be showing
00:04us some love or is it going to be leaving us outside in the cold? Well, our weather
00:08is still largely dominated by this area of high pressure across Scandinavia, dragging
00:13in that easterly flow across the UK and with it some cloud and also some patchy rain and
00:18showers. But what else it also does is stops these frontal systems moving their way in
00:23from the west and southwest, could drag in a little bit of cloud and some patchy rain
00:27at times. But on the whole, it pushes up against that high pressure. It stops the moving
00:32too far inland. So that means there is still going to be plenty of dry weather around a
00:36different story around North Sea coast, though an area of low pressure swirling around here.
00:41So that's going to drag in some patchy rain. Also, a fair few showers, few showers starting
00:46to clip into northeastern parts of Scotland, too. And we could also see some sleet and
00:50snow at times that mainly across high ground. Eastern parts of the Grampians, also parts
00:55of the Pennines, could see some sleet and snow across hilly areas. But elsewhere, largely
01:00falling as rain and drizzle, the best of the brightness likely to the northwest of Scotland.
01:05Even Dumfries and Galloway could see some brighter spells by the time we reach the afternoon.
01:09Otherwise, largely dry, perhaps a little bit patchy drizzle across Cornwall and temperatures
01:14highs are around six to seven Celsius across the south, but along eastern coasts where
01:18we see that brisk easterly breeze, that's where temperatures are actually going to feel
01:22more like freezing. So still a chilly day ahead as we head into tomorrow. Then for Wednesday,
01:29where we see the clearest skies just to the northwest of Scotland, we could see some patchy
01:33frost here and there's still going to be lots of cloud and murk around, particularly around
01:36those North Sea coasts and still some showers moving through here. Still a chance we could
01:41see some sleet and snow across high ground and also a fair amount of murky cloud across
01:46parts of Cornwall, maybe even some rain and drizzle here, perhaps just starting to clip
01:49into western parts of Ireland, too, and still quite a keen easterly breeze, particularly
01:54across northeastern parts of England and Scotland. So feeling chillier here, but otherwise highs
01:59of around seven to eight Celsius in the south. Now, from the middle part of the week, we
02:04do still have this battle between the high pressure out to the east and also areas of
02:09low pressure out into the Atlantic. And it does eventually, as that high pressure drifts
02:13eastward, start to allow these frontal systems to just edge their way in a little bit more.
02:17And it's just this feature. By the time we reach Friday, we need to keep an eye on us.
02:21If we find it slightly further east, falling into that colder air, there is a chance we
02:25could see a little bit of snow. But most of the models that we use here at the Met Office
02:29have that area of that area of rain staying to the west and also falling as rain. So as
02:36we head into Thursday, then quite a damp start across parts of Wales, Devon and Cornwall.
02:40Still a chance we could see some sleet and snow across the Welsh hills and still once
02:44again, plenty of cloud and grey skies around to another drab day ahead. Still could see
02:49one or two showers just clipping into North Sea coasts. Once again, the best of the brightness
02:53to the northwest of Scotland, but anywhere across England and Wales could start to see
02:58a few brighter spells by the time we reach the afternoon and temperatures once again
03:02around about average, if not a touch below highs of around seven to eight Celsius in
03:07the south. Now, for Friday, as I mentioned, just keeping an eye on this feature down to
03:13the southwest, largely falling as rain, but could start to see some snow across Dartmoor,
03:17for example, and it should largely peter out through the course of the day elsewhere. Once
03:22again, largely dry could see a patchy frost to start in the northwest and still can't
03:27rule out a few showers moving in along those North Sea coasts. But some sunshine once again
03:32to the north and northwest of Scotland, but even parts of Cumbria, western parts of Wales,
03:37even parts of the southeast could see some brighter spells by the afternoon, perhaps
03:40even some sunshine breaking through those grey skies and temperatures remaining fairly
03:45similar highs of around seven to eight Celsius. Now, heading into the weekend, still that
03:52area of high pressure out to the east and low pressure out the Atlantic, trying to push
03:56in those frontal systems from the west, once again, but budging in to the high pressure
04:01to the east. So we do just need to keep an eye on which one wins out. But if you want
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04:09an update. Have a good week. Bye bye.