A dry and sunny afternoon for most, particularly across southern and western parts of the country where it will be warmer. However, it will be cooler in the east and central areas are expected to be cloudier. - This is your Met Office UK weather forecast for 08/05/2025. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Honor Criswick
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00:00A dry afternoon ahead, plenty of sunny spells, and feeling warm in the sunshine for most,
00:06but not for all.
00:07And the reason for the settled spell of weather this week, well it's all thanks to high pressure
00:11swirling around across the country, but with it, we also drag in a north-easterly flow
00:15of air, so more cloud across eastern areas and a bit more of a breeze here, so that's
00:19just going to add on to a bit of a chill this afternoon.
00:22But otherwise, mostly dry, plenty of sunny spells, particularly across the west and across
00:27the far south, though central areas may just hold on to the cloud for most of the afternoon,
00:31so cloudier skies here, but where we see the sunshine in western areas, it is going to
00:36be feeling warm, highs of around 18 to 19 degrees Celsius, but across eastern areas, chilly
00:42once again, temperatures mostly in the mid to low teens.
00:47Into the evening, we'll see a mix of cloud and clearer spells, and overnight it remains
00:51fairly similar, and under the clearest of skies, that's where temperatures are soon going to
00:56slip away, so it's likely it will be a bit more of a chillier night if we compare it to
00:59last night, perhaps even some mist and fog by the time we reach dawn, but overall, staying
01:05largely dry, and lows perhaps just about dipping below freezing in some localised spots, but
01:10many areas in the mid to high single figures.
01:14So a chilly start for Friday, the end of the week, any mist and fog should clear away quite
01:18readily, and then once again with the high pressure, plenty of dry weather on offer, and probably
01:24more sunshine compared to this afternoon, particularly across central areas where it's going to be
01:28mostly cloudy Thursday afternoon, so wall-to-wall sunshine in many areas, but that's away from
01:34the far northwest, some cloud just slipping in here, perhaps even some light outbreaks
01:38of rain into the afternoon, but for many, lots of sunshine, and temperatures increased
01:43a little compared to Thursday afternoon, so feeling warm, highs reaching around 21 degrees
01:48Celsius, particularly across eastern areas, it is going to feel slightly warmer here, just
01:51with a slight shift in wind direction.
01:55And then over the weekend, well, high pressure sticks with us, but it largely pushes its way
02:00eastwards, and that does allow, once again, more cloud, some light outbreaks of rain just
02:04to clip the very far northwest, and we also need to keep an eye on this feature just down
02:09towards the southwest, this pushing up later Saturday into Sunday, so a chance we could see
02:14some heavy showers, these possibly turning thundery, and if they do, it could require some warning,
02:20so one to keep an eye on, fairly low confidence at the moment, but for more information, don't
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