The evening will be dry for most with some showers in the southeast and northwest, turning heavy in parts. Clear skies can be expected overnight with mild temperatures for most. Winds easing in the south, blustery in the north. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the evening of 21/02/2025. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Alex Burkill.
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00:00Hello again. For much of the UK, it's been pretty cloudy, quite wet and also windy through
00:05today. But actually, in the southeast, it's been mostly dry. However, it's all changed
00:10as we go through into the evening with a front pushing its way in here. And actually, there's
00:15going to be a frontal wave as we go overnight. So although the rain's kind of going to be
00:20hit and miss and generally quite light for the next few hours, it is going to turn heavier
00:24and more persistent across parts of the southeast as we go overnight. Elsewhere, a largely dry
00:29night, most places staying dry, just some showers towards western parts of Northern
00:34Ireland, northwestern Scotland in particular. There will also be some clear skies, but I'm
00:38not expecting temperatures to drop a huge amount. They may be a little bit lower than
00:43some recent nights, particularly towards the north and west where we get those clearer
00:46skies. But actually, in the southeast, some places are likely to stay in double figures.
00:51So not an especially chilly start to the day on Saturday, but quite a wet one across parts
00:56of East Anglia, Kent, for example. The rain continuing for a while here, not really clearing
01:01away until early in the afternoon. Otherwise, well, Saturday definitely looking like the
01:06driest and brightest day of the weekend for most of us. Not totally dry. Some further
01:11showers across Northern Ireland and Scotland and some showers developing from the southwest
01:15across parts of Devon, Cornwall, pushing then further east and northeastwards into central
01:20southern parts of England, the Midlands, perhaps Wales as well. And some of these showers could
01:24be on the heavy side, possibly the odd rumble of thunder as well. Like I said, though, a
01:28decent amount of sunshine on offer away from the far east, even though the rain clears
01:33away early in the afternoon, the cloud is going to linger for that little bit longer.
01:38Temperatures are going to be down a little bit compared to today, but still a little
01:43bit above average for the time of year. Most places getting into double figures, low teens,
01:48that kind of thing. And with a bit more sunshine on offer, the wind's not especially strong
01:52on Saturday. It's going to feel a bit more pleasant than it has done recently. As we
01:56go through Saturday evening, most of the showers are going to die out. Some coastal ones may
02:01linger for a time overnight, but otherwise it's looking largely dry. Good deal of clear
02:05skies as well. So some murkiness, some mist, some low clouds, some coastal fog, particularly
02:10towards western and southern parts likely to develop. But then a system's coming in
02:15from the west and this is going to bring some heavy rain. It's also going to lead to some
02:19strengthening winds. And once those winds pick up in the west, that should lift clear
02:23away any murkiness. So most of that will clear by the time most of us wake up on Sunday morning.
02:28Otherwise, and well, towards the east, a bit chillier than through this coming night, perhaps.
02:32But in the west, with those winds picking up, temperatures are going to be rising. So
02:37again, a mild start to the day on Sunday morning. Sunday itself, though, it is going to turn
02:42wet and it is going to turn windy. The heavy rain sweeping its way in. Southeastern parts
02:48clinging onto the dryer, perhaps even a bit brighter weather for longest. But even here,
02:52outbreaks of rain will push their way through. And it's worth bearing in mind that the rain
02:56is going to be quite heavy and the winds will be quite strong. So we could see some impacts
03:00as a result. Temperature wise, and they're down a nudge again compared to Saturday and
03:05with all the wet and windy weather, it is going to feel pretty unpleasant. Now, we do
03:09have a couple of warnings out at the moment. If we take a slightly closer look at these
03:13and we have a large wind warning currently covering much of the UK because there's a
03:18potential for gales, particularly in exposed spots. Some places around Irish coastal areas
03:23could see gusts of around 17 miles per hour. So that's likely to cause some issues, particularly
03:28to transport. There could be some power cuts as well. But it's also the rain that's going
03:32to cause some issues, especially because we had so much rain in some places through today,
03:36some further heavy rain likely to cause some issues, particularly across parts of southwest
03:40Scotland where we could see 40 to 50 millimetres, southwest England, 50 to 70 millimetres,
03:45but also across southern Wales. Here, there's the potential for 60 to 90 millimetres of rain
03:51to fall on Sunday. And now that could cause some significant issues. We only have yellow
03:55warnings at the moment, but there is the potential that we might need to escalate them and we may
04:00need to go amber. So definitely worth staying up to date. Otherwise, as we go through later
04:04next week and it's, well, a case of sunshine and showers, really, there will be some more
04:09persistent rain coming through at times, but I think we will all see a bit of sunshine
04:13at times as well. The strongest winds will be towards the end of the week with some
04:17wetter weather pushing its way in towards the northwest and temperatures after a milder spell
04:22at the moment, they are dipping down a little bit closer to average for the time of year.
04:27Like I said, our warnings are likely to get tweaked for Sunday. So do stay up to date with
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04:36I'll see you again soon. Bye bye.