Wednesday afternoon forecast 25/08/2021

25th August - National weather forecast

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00:00Hello again. High pressure is with us and it's going to stay for the foreseeable future.

00:07That will bring largely dry weather, some sunshine as well, and for the rest of Wednesday

00:11the warmest weather will be in the north-west. But it won't be sunny everywhere. There is

00:15some cloud around, most notably through these central parts of the UK. Now in places that

00:20is lifting, it's breaking, there's some brighter spells coming through, but for parts of the

00:24Midlands, into East Anglia and the south-east, I think that cloud will be fairly stubborn.

00:29There's some cloud hugging eastern shores and more notably the far north of Scotland

00:33where there will be some drizzle associated with it, along with this cool breeze. So that

00:38will hold back the temperatures in these areas where we get the cloud, where we get the cool

00:42breeze, high teens at best. But where we get the sunshine, especially towards the west

00:46and the north-west, mid-twenties possible. And for western parts of Scotland, western

00:52parts of the Central Belt, 26, 27, perhaps even 28 Celsius. And that would make it the

00:57UK's warmest August day so far. You can see the heat there, out towards the north-west,

01:04but actually Wednesday is the peak of the warmth because a cold front starts to push

01:09across the country on Wednesday night into the start of Thursday, ushering in cooler

01:14air, but also I think in places brighter conditions. So we'll actually lose this cloud across central

01:21zones into the evening, so perhaps some late sunshine to come, before another area of cloud

01:26associated with the cold front pushes into the east, along with some light rain and drizzle

01:30into Wednesday evening and the first part of Thursday morning. But as that drifts its

01:36way westwards, some breaks appear in the east. However, with largely cloudy skies to the

01:41east, 15, 16 Celsius overnight, with some clear spells further west, slightly cooler,

01:4711 or 12 degrees, and for Northern Ireland, for parts of Wales and the south-west, a few

01:52mist and fog patches around by dawn. And it's for parts of Wales and the south-west

01:57where this area of cloud pushes, and so I think that's where the cloudier skies will

02:01be, areas of cloud elsewhere as well, but it's increasingly breaking up, some sunshine

02:05coming through, and certainly through the central area after the cloudy starts, a brighter

02:09day to come. But you can see where the cloud continues to feed in, into eastern parts of

02:14the UK, perhaps even a few showers for East Anglia into the afternoon, along with that

02:19cool breeze, so high teens at best once again along that coast. Sunnier skies I think for

02:25the north of Scotland, but again that cool breeze. And for the UK as a whole, a cooler

02:30day to come, we won't see the highs into the high 20s for western Scotland, but still 24,

02:3625 Celsius possible, 23 elsewhere across western parts of England and Wales once those skies

02:41brighten up. And the cloud is well broken across eastern parts of England, despite there

02:47being plenty of it. So sunny spells for most, but that's east-west differential when it

02:52comes to temperatures. However, with that high pressure sticking around well into the

02:57end of the week and the weekend, well, most places are going to stay fine and dry for

03:02much of the bank holiday weekend. Follow us on social media and we'll keep you updated

03:07as always with all the latest. Bye bye.