For most it is a dry evening, with cloud and showers moving in across the southwest then pushing northwards across Wales and Northern Ireland later on. Overnight it will remain cloudy and breezy for most, feeling chilly. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the evening of 20/03/2025. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Aidan McGivern.
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00:00I don't know about you, but I thought it was nice to have a taste of some spring sunshine
00:05on Thursday. Most of the UK enjoyed some warmth from the sun, but it's not going to last.
00:11We've got low pressure moving closer. It's because of that low that we've seen southerly
00:15winds bring higher temperatures on Thursday. But as we go through the night, those isobars
00:20will tighten, the winds will pick up and the first signs of a change will appear into the
00:24south-west with cloudier skies, and by midnight some showery rain into Cornwall. That's going
00:30to spread into parts of Pembrokeshire perhaps overnight, and then eventually Northern Ireland
00:35and there's always the chance of a few showers turning up into other parts of the south-west.
00:41Elsewhere a lot more cloud and more of a breeze, so less frosty compared with the recent mornings,
00:46certainly a milder start for most, but still the potential for a touch of frost in sheltered
00:51parts of Northern Scotland for example, Northern England if we get some cloud breaks. A chilly
00:55start in the far north end, but otherwise for many it's a cloudy and mild start to the
01:00day and increasingly unsettled in the west. We've got these spells of rain or showers
01:05moving up across south-west England, Wales, Northern Ireland and western Scotland through
01:08the day. One or two showers further east as well, but actually it's towards the east where
01:12it's going to mostly stay dry and bright, albeit with more cloud in the sky compared
01:16with recent days. Still warm, still the mid to high teens, possible 20C if we get enough
01:22sunshine and the wind eases off, but it will be a blustery day compared with recent days.
01:28That wind's strongest over parts of Scotland, particularly towards the north-east of Scotland
01:32overnight and that's when it really turns much more unsettled, much more widely. These
01:36spells of rain that are confined to the west through Friday move their way eastwards and
01:40there'll be some heavy and persistent downpours as well. That means of course it's going to
01:45be a mild start to Saturday, double figures for many of us, but it is going to be a wet
01:50start. Now, the wettest weather on Saturday, at least the most persistent rain will be
01:54across Scotland and parts of Northern Ireland. There'll also be spells of rain moving through
01:59central parts of England into the north of England. Further south, brighter skies, but
02:02also slow-moving heavy downpours. These could be quite nasty and they could last for some
02:08time if you're caught in one. So, those will be hit and miss. In between the showers, still
02:12some warmth, 15, 16 Celsius, but nowhere near as warm as it's been on Thursday and
02:19feeling decidedly cool there for western Scotland and Northern Ireland under the persistent
02:23rain. Then into Sunday, well, the most unsettled weather starts to move eastwards, still a
02:30cloudy day with rain or showers, but gradually turning a little more settled once again into
02:35the start of next week, particularly in the south.