Generally dry with sunny spells across the north and east of the UK, although some patchy cloud in Northern Ireland and along North Sea coasts of Scotland. In the south and west, heavy and thundery showers will develop this afternoon, with a risk of hail and lightning - a yellow thunderstorm warning is in force. Feeling warm inland in the sunshine and humid in many places. This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 12/05/2025. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Aidan McGivern.
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00:00Hi there. Following a very long dry spell and much needed rainfall in places, we saw
00:06some hit and miss rain as we ended the weekend and that will continue to be the case on Monday.
00:11Large rainfall amounts in some places, courtesy of showers and thunderstorms, other areas
00:16escaping entirely dry and it's because this area of low pressure moving up from the south
00:21and that's going to bring a zone of instability, especially through parts of Wales, the Midlands
00:26into the southeast of England and that's where the greatest risk of some very lively showers
00:31and thunderstorms will occur. 40-50mm of rain in a couple of hours, hail, gusty winds, lightning,
00:38all of that is a risk because that amount of rain, of course, on dry ground could cause
00:45some serious impacts, but not a guarantee because these showers and thunderstorms will be hit
00:50and miss even in the greatest risk area, which, as I say, is Wales, the Midlands, into the
00:55southeast of England. Scattered showers and thunderstorms could also occur, particularly
00:59towards North Devon, Somerset and Cornwall and one or two are possible towards northwest
01:05England, southwest Scotland, perhaps Northern Ireland, but these will be even more isolated
01:11because of drier air further north and much of Scotland is simply sunny and dry and eastern
01:18England escaping dry as well because of a breeze coming from the North Sea, keeping things a little
01:25cooler. Inland, though, temperatures reaching the mid-twenties where the sunshine continues
01:31and it's going to be feeling humid in many places with an increase in cloud cover compared
01:37with much of spring so far. Now, showers and thunderstorms will continue for a time until
01:43the sun goes down, although overnight always the chance of one or two showers here and then
01:47again in the same sort of places. Otherwise, it's clear spells for many through the hours
01:53of darkness. Some low cloud coming into the northeast of the UK, temperatures dipping to
01:58the high single figures, low double figures. Now, we start off Tuesday with that low cloud
02:03hugging the northeast coast of Scotland, northeast England as well. It tends to retreat back to
02:08the beaches, by and large, by mid-morning. Elsewhere, sunny skies, but the line of instability
02:15remains. It's sinking south somewhat, so it's south Wales into central southern England and
02:22towards the southeast of England, where we're likely to see a few showers and thunderstorms
02:27developing by the afternoon. A notch down compared with Monday's activity, but still could be
02:32fierce where they occur in places. Otherwise, away from those areas, sunny skies return fairly
02:39mildly. Mid-20s, still possible, most especially towards northwestern parts of the UK, a little
02:44cooler and less humid further south and southeast. Going into Tuesday evening, these showers and
02:51storms tend to fade away. Once again, it's a clear night for many. Again, some low cloud
02:57hugging the northeast coast and coming inland across Scotland as well as northeast England.
03:03As we go into Tuesday night and Wednesday, high pressure reasserts itself. Always the chance
03:09of a few showers continuing on Wednesday in the far southwest. But as that high pressure
03:14builds, we're going to see widely sunny skies and dry conditions return. So, not doing farmers
03:20and growers any favours with the hit and miss very heavy showers potentially as we start the
03:26week and then turning much drier again as we end the week. So, no sign of useful rain in
03:33sight for the time being.