Mainly medium and high level cloud cover the UK this evening and overnight although some areas, especially across England could see some clear spells. The UK to remain largely dry overnight apart from the odd shower in central and western Scotland. A frontal system is due to bring outbreaks of rain and milder temperatures to the far southwest of England by the early morning. A patchy frost expected overnight for the rest of the UK. Feeling chilly - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the evening of 18/02/2025. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Aidan McGivern.
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00:00Hi there. The cold and gloomy but relatively dry easterly winds that we've experienced
00:06for some time are coming to an end, but not just yet. We've still got this southeasterly
00:11airflow overnight. The rain in Hills, though, in the far north, tending to peter out, so
00:16most faces becoming dry, with some clear spells, but there is an awful lot of medium and high
00:21cloud drifting around. And so temperatures will fall close to freezing, and in one or
00:26two spots a little below freezing, a patchy frost expected rather than a widespread frost.
00:32But it will be a chilly start to Wednesday for the vast majority, except for Cornwall
00:36where it's a wet but mild start. Some heavy rain moving through Cornwall into Devon, Somerset,
00:41Wales, Northern Ireland through the morning. This band of rain will be heavy at times,
00:46but it will tend to become more showery as it pushes into Scotland and the rest of England
00:50by the afternoon. Some hills, no, north of the Central Belts, but minimal amounts. And
00:55then it's drier once again as we go into the afternoon, but rather cloudy. However, look
00:59at the temperatures in the southwest, 12 or 13 Celsius. This is the much milder air we're
01:03all going to experience by Thursday, and temperatures recovering somewhat in the east, although
01:08not as mild as it's about to become, because the next weather system moves through on Wednesday
01:13night into Thursday, and that really does introduce the widespread well-above-average
01:18temperatures that we're going to see for the rest of the week. That weather system, though,
01:23is going to be a lively feature. Some heavy rain moving in by Wednesday evening into western
01:27areas, even though a rumble of thunder. And this is showery rain, but it could dump an
01:32awful lot across some south-facing hills of western UK. Not much rain towards the southeast,
01:39mostly dry here, albeit cloudy, and generally frost-free start to Thursday, of course. In
01:44fact, in some places, temperatures will rise through the night as the winds strengthen.
01:49And it's going to be a blustery day on Thursday. Southwestly winds, strong gale force around
01:55some exposed west and northwest coasts, and these spells of rain moving through, always
02:01heaviest across northern and western parts. But there will be some brighter spells coming
02:05along into the north and west towards the end of the afternoon. So, some sunshine, albeit
02:10with that gusty wind continuing to affect many places. But that wind, of course, coming
02:15from the southwest, is going to deliver widespread mild air. And as a result, 13 or 14 Celsius
02:23quite common on Thursday, I think. But in one or two spots, you could see 15 or even
02:2716 Celsius, particularly towards the southwest or even parts of northern Scotland. So, a
02:32real change, certainly, for parts of Scotland and eastern England compared with recent temperatures.
02:39But it is going to be particularly unsettled, even more so on Friday. A dry start across
02:43eastern parts, but it doesn't last. The next system moves in again, bringing showery outbreaks
02:48of rain, heavy downpours, always the largest rainfall totals across western hills. And
02:54like Thursday, 30 to 50 millimetres possible in places. Those spells of rain move through,
02:59accompanied by an even stronger wind compared with Thursday. So, gales across the west and
03:05northwest of Scotland in particular with some very gusty numbers there. But also, 13, 14,
03:12even 15 Celsius widely. So, windy, wet, but mild. A marked change compared with what we've
03:19experienced widely recently. And we've got further spells of rain heading into the weekend
03:25with the winds strengthening once again by Sunday.