Sunny skies continue across most of the UK with some patchy cloud across parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland, with the odd shower in places here. However, the afternoon will be warm for many. - This is your Met Office UK weather forecast for 30/04/2025. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Aiden McGivern.
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00:00Hi there, with cloud free skies for the vast majority this week, temperatures have been
00:04rising day by day and the heat continues to build for the last day of April and the first
00:08day of May. Widely sunny skies across the country, just some patchy high cloud across
00:13Scotland and Northern Ireland and the chance of the odd shower developing as the afternoon
00:18progresses for Northern Ireland and parts of Northern Scotland. Otherwise it is another
00:23warm or very warm day across many parts of the UK. I think for Scotland and Northern
00:28Ireland temperatures will widely reach the low to mid 20s and it's worth noting that
00:33the April temperature record for Northern Ireland is 24 and a half degrees. That's
00:38possibly under threat for Wednesday afternoon. Likewise the Welsh April
00:43temperature record is 26.2 Celsius and that is also under threat. But the UK
00:50national April record 29.4 Celsius unlikely to be broken because temperatures more
00:58likely to reach 27 perhaps 28 Celsius somewhere between London and Bristol.
01:03However widely we're expecting the mid 20s through much of Central and Northern
01:08England into parts of Wales and in places 26 Celsius as well. But either way it is a
01:15very warm day to come across the majority of the UK. However some changes are taking
01:23place as we go into the evening. A cold front starts to move into the north and
01:27northwest of Scotland. That's going to bring some showery rain with it and some thickening
01:30cloud layers. As that arrives it's going to keep temperatures elevated through the
01:35night across parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland. Elsewhere temperatures will be very
01:39variable overnight in some sheltered rural spots dipping as low as the low single
01:44figures. But in urban areas perhaps the mid-teens and in some parts for example coastal
01:50parts of North and West Wales temperatures could hold up at 16 or even 17 Celsius. Remarkably
01:56warm for the first morning of May. But big temperature contrast by the time we get to the afternoon
02:02as this cold front sinks south. It's going to bring showers to Scotland and Northern Ireland during
02:07the morning and by the afternoon as it pushes into southern England, southern Scotland and
02:12northern England, the chance of the old thunderstorm developing on that. Also as the heat builds across
02:18parts of central England and Wales, chance of the old thunderstorm developing later in the afternoon.
02:23Very isolated, most places staying dry and very warm or hot in places once again.
02:2929 Celsius the most likely afternoon high for the first of May and that again London to Bristol the
02:35hot spot. But it's a significant cooling off across Scotland and Northern Ireland as the cold front comes
02:42south. Low to mid-teens more likely and showers pushing into the northwest of Scotland as the day goes on.
02:48A couple of showers further south as well because of the remaining heat. But it's all changed going into
02:55Friday and the weekend. Some heat lingering in the far south east on Friday. That's all gone by the bank
03:00holiday weekend. Despite cooler weather expected, it's still going to be largely settled on Saturday,
03:06Sunday and Monday.