Generally dry with lengthy clear spells with showers across England and Wales clearing after dusk, although some odd showers across central England and southwest Northern Ireland during the early hours. This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the evening of 12/05/2025. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Aidan McGivern.
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00:00Hi there, we've started the week with a brief interlude between two spells of dry and sunny
00:08weather. High pressure has been dominating our weather, but low pressure has appeared
00:12from the south during the last couple of days. That's brought some showers and thunderstorms,
00:16those tending to fade after the sun goes down, and then lengthy clear spells overnight, although
00:20the old shower in places couldn't be ruled out. Some low cloud will creep into the north
00:25and the east of Scotland and northeast England as well, and temperatures are all dipping
00:30to the high single figures or low double figures. So, a bright start for most. First thing Tuesday,
00:36certainly more sunshine around across central and southern and western parts of the UK, and
00:41will keep the sunny skies in many places going into the afternoon. Now, the low cloud across
00:45northeastern parts of the UK tends to retreat back to the coast, and the cloud across south
00:51Wales into central southern England will tend to bubble up as temperatures rise into the afternoon.
00:56That could give a few more scattered showers and thunderstorms. Again, these will be hit and miss,
01:02I think fewer of them compared with the last couple of days, but where you do catch a shower,
01:08there's always the risk of some heavier rain in a short space of time, as well as some hail and lightning.
01:14But, no particularly useful widespread rain to talk about, and actually away from this small
01:22part of the UK, south Wales into parts of southern England, it's a dry and sunny day once again. A
01:28little cooler on the North Sea coast, temperatures elsewhere generally a degree or so down. On Mondays,
01:33the warmest spot could be the West Highlands, up to 26 or 27 Celsius. Into Tuesday evening,
01:39the showers rumble on for a couple of hours into south Wales, as well as the Midlands, but eventually
01:45they fade away. And then a dry night for most, although one or two showers could reappear into
01:50parts of Cornel, and some drizzly showers running down the North Sea coast, as well as low cloud
01:56once again creeps inland. But for many, it's a clear night, and perhaps cooler night compared with
02:03recent nights, with temperatures dipping into the mid to high single figures. Nevertheless, we've got
02:08high pressure reasserting itself once again, as the low that brought the thundery showers moves away.
02:14That high building from the north, that means a bit of a east to northeasterly breeze, always cooler
02:19on the North Sea coast. But where we've got sunshine elsewhere, well the highest temperatures will once
02:24again be in the west and the south. Now we start off Wednesday with low cloud across parts of Northern
02:30England and Scotland. That tends to run its way down the North Sea coast, so perhaps entering Norfolk by the
02:37afternoon. Otherwise, it's sunny skies on the whole. One or two showers could again form across parts of
02:43the south west, most especially parts of Cornwall and West Devon. But they are few and far between
02:50compared with recent days. For the vast majority, it's simply a dry and sunny day with high pressure
02:56once again building. And temperatures reaching 20 or 21 Celsius, so a little bit fresher. And on that
03:02North Sea coast with a brisk breeze, it's going to feel considerably cooler. And we keep that high
03:06pressure into Thursday, Friday and indeed the weekend. So that means it's going to stay dry for
03:11the rest of the week and there will be plenty more sunshine to come as well.