Conditions remain cloudy for Scotland and Northern Ireland, but for much of England and Wales it will be bright this afternoon. Early rain and hill snow in Scotland is starting to drift northwards, with mainly just northernmost parts of Scotland seeing rain during the afternoon. Feeling cold across most of the UK, but feeling slightly warmer in the far southwest of England. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 18/02/2025. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Aidan McGivern.
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00:00Hi there. There will be a significant change to milder but wetter weather later this week.
00:06However, for the time being, most of the UK will experience colder and drier weather for
00:11the rest of Tuesday, certainly across much of England and Wales. It's a bright afternoon
00:15but it stays cold with a southeasterly breeze, especially for central and eastern parts.
00:20Scotland and Northern Ireland, cloudier skies and after earlier rain and hill snow, that's
00:25tending to push north and fizzle away. So it's really the far north of Scotland affected
00:30by that by the end of the afternoon. Staying cold, 3-5 Celsius in the east, double figures
00:36in the far south-west. That's the air that's going to become widespread by the end of the
00:41week. But as we go into Tuesday night, it's another chilly night for many. I think the
00:45breeze preventing a widespread frost and certainly there'll be some high cloud remaining. But
00:52still, it's cold enough for a touch of frost across some central and eastern parts of the
00:56country. Temperatures not far from zero. Meanwhile, it's much milder towards the west and south-west
01:02with wet weather moving into Cornwall and Devon first thing and that spreads across
01:07south Wales, eventually into Northern Ireland and across central parts of the UK by the
01:12end of the morning. Brighter skies follow it, so it's an hour or two of heavy rain followed
01:17by drier and finer weather. But it does move into eastern England by the end of the day
01:22and it stays on the cold side in the east, 5 or 6 Celsius, although less cold compared
01:28with the recent days. Scotland mostly dry, albeit cloudy, with a few bits and pieces
01:32of rain. But here's the truly wet stuff that arrives into Northern Ireland, Wales and the
01:38south-west after the middle of the afternoon. It's going to progress across the country
01:44and at the same time this area of heavy rain that's working its way eastwards is accompanied
01:49by a change in wind direction with south-westerlies and tightening isobars. That of course is
01:55going to lead to widely much milder air across the whole of the country so that by Thursday
02:02many places will be back into the teens or indeed the mid-teens and we're all affected
02:07by that weather by Friday and the weekend as well. But of course it's accompanied by
02:12strong winds with gales in places and heavy bouts of rain, particularly in the west. So
02:17we'll keep you updated on all of that. You can find those updates on our YouTube channel.
02:21Bye bye.