The majority of the UK remains under cloud for this afternoon period. Rain continues to be brought in from the east, with sleet possible across much of the east of the UK and hill snow in hilly areas. Drier in western parts of the UK and some brighter breaks across western and northwestern Scotland. Temperatures slightly below average for this time of year, making it feel rather chilly - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 11/02/2025. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Alex Burkill.
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00:00Today's weather is brought to you by the color grey. Lots of grey skies, some thick
00:05cloud, even some murky conditions in a few places. The murkiest weather, if we
00:10look at the satellite and radar from earlier on, was in association with a
00:13cut-off small low-pressure system to the southeast of us. That brought some murky
00:18low cloud across parts of the southeast, even a bit of rain. Otherwise you can see
00:23a largely cloudy start for many of us and some outbreaks of drizzly rain, even
00:27a bit of sleet and hill snow. We still have high pressure to the northeast of
00:30us and that's still dragging in that easterly wind. As a result, it's across
00:34eastern areas where we have the thickest cloud and the greatest chance of some
00:38outbreaks of rain. The rain doesn't look particularly heavy but we could still
00:41see some sleet, even a bit of hill snow perhaps, particularly over the Pennines,
00:45the Grampians for example. There will be some brighter breaks towards the west,
00:49especially across western, northwestern parts of Scotland, but perhaps not as
00:53many breaks, not as sunny as it was yesterday here. Now because of the cloud,
00:58it is going to be feeling pretty cold. We have cold air across us as well and
01:02that blanket of cloud means it's going to feel chilly, especially in places
01:06exposed to that easterly wind. So down the eastern coast of the UK and even across
01:10northern areas, the wind's going to be pretty brisk. Further south, the wind a
01:14little bit lighter than yesterday, so maybe feeling a little bit less chilly
01:18but nonetheless these temperatures are a bit disappointing for the time of year.
01:23Lots of clouds sticking with us as we go through the evening overnight, still
01:27dampest towards eastern parts and still a little bit of winteriness perhaps over
01:31some higher ground. There will be some wet weather pushing into parts of the
01:34Republic of Ireland and this may just about clip parts of Cornwall, but most
01:38places staying largely dry apart from any outbreaks of rain coming in from the
01:42east. Like I said, staying pretty cloudy though there will be some clearer breaks
01:46across western parts and where we see these clearer breaks, we are going to see
01:50temperatures dipping a bit below freezing, so a touch of frost, even some
01:53patches of fog or freezing fog possible here, but most places under that cloud
01:58temperatures not dropping a huge amount from the daytime highs, so not especially
02:02warm by any means, but not particularly cold either. As we go through tomorrow
02:06then, a cloudy start, any mist and fog patches towards the west will be
02:11relatively slow to clear, but eventually they should. I think there will be a bit
02:15more sunshine on offer for some of us tomorrow, particularly across western
02:18parts, some southern areas too, but in the east that clouds going to be pretty
02:22stubborn, so staying grey and cloudy here. Even a few more outbreaks of rain quite
02:27likely as well. Temperatures though may be up a degree or two for some of us,
02:31perhaps getting into double figures towards the far southwest, the Isles of
02:35Scilly perhaps, but most places still a little bit below average for the time of
02:39year and again if you're stuck under that cloud it is going to feel chilly.
02:43Now as we look further ahead through the rest of the week and beyond and we are
02:47eventually going to see a change. It's going to stay pretty cloudy and cold
02:51for a little while yet, but we will start to see some fronts coming in from the
02:54southwest. A little bit of uncertainty as to how quickly they are going to push
02:58through, but if they do and make their way in and hit the cold air across us
03:02then that could bring some snow, but at the moment nothing looks particularly
03:06disruptive. For more information about that make sure you check out the deep
03:10dive with Anna which will be available on our YouTube channel later on this
03:13afternoon and she'll also be looking at how the models have been flip-flopping
03:17with any signs for even more cold weather. I'll see you again soon, bye bye.