Showers will be confined primarily to northern and western Scotland, with clear skies and light winds elsewhere allowing a touch of frost to form particularly across parts of England and Wales, except for Northern Ireland where it will be cloudy and frost-free. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the evening of 28/03/2025. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Aidan McGivern.
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00:00Hi there, it has been a prevailing theme so far this March, a few days of unsettled changeable
00:06weather followed by a longer period of higher pressure and that is indeed what we're going
00:10to see over the next few days.
00:12Overnight, any showers that remain will be restricted primarily across northern and western
00:17Scotland and for much of the rest of the UK it's clear skies and light winds allowing
00:22a touch of frost to form in parts of England and Wales in particular.
00:27But for Northern Ireland, generally frost free because here it will turn cloudier by
00:30the end of the night.
00:32So the best of the sunshine first thing this weekend will be across England, Wales, southern
00:36and eastern Scotland.
00:37Yes, it will feel fresh first thing but the sun will soon warm things up and it's about
00:43this time that the partial solar eclipse occurs.
00:46It takes place from 10am through to midday, reaches a maximum around 11am.
00:52Now the largest portion of the sun obscured by the moon will be towards the north-west,
00:57western Scotland, Northern Ireland but unfortunately that's where skies are expected to be cloudy
01:03with outbreaks of rain and an increasing breeze.
01:06Elsewhere, I think the south-east of Scotland perhaps, north-east England, more especially
01:11towards the south and south-east of the UK, clearer skies.
01:15So if you are hoping to view the partial eclipse, a good chance in these locations but of course
01:20do remember to take sensible precautions and don't look directly at the sun.
01:25Now the rain in the north-west pushes its way eastwards, reaching west Wales and the
01:30far south-west by the end of the afternoon, northern England turning damp as well and
01:35frequent showers follow with some heavy downpours for the likes of Orkney by the end of the
01:40day.
01:41Northern Ireland keeping a lot of cloud but we see plenty of sunshine for the east Midlands,
01:45east Anglia and the south-east allowing temperatures to rise into the low teens and we'll also
01:50see perhaps 12 or 13 Celsius late on in the west if the cloud thins.
01:55Now that front I mentioned does make its way south-eastwards, barely any rain on it as
01:59it pushes through south-east England and by dawn on Sunday the low is clearing.
02:04However, in its wake we've got strengthening winds across northern parts of the country,
02:09gales or severe gales into the far north and that particularly strong gusty wind affecting
02:14eastern parts of England with some high tides expected because it is a particularly high
02:21spring tide this weekend.
02:23So it could be some coastal impacts for Norfolk for example because of the wind direction
02:27and those tides as we start off Sunday and generally a frost-free start because of the
02:32cloud and the increased breeze but going through Sunday morning the low pulls away, the winds
02:38will tend to slowly ease or at least become more restricted to the far north-east, clouds
02:43clear as well, plenty of sunshine developing by the afternoon, just cloudier skies remaining
02:48for Northern Ireland and western fringes.
02:50Otherwise, it's a fairly decent day for getting out and about 16, 17 or even 18 Celsius in
02:57the south-east, 12 to 15 further north and the sunny skies on Sunday courtesy of a ridge
03:05of high pressure that builds in behind the low and that's here to stay throughout much
03:10of next week.
03:11In fact, it's going to become centred to the east of the UK allowing warmer and cloud-free
03:17southerly to develop through Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and by then temperatures in some
03:23parts of the country reaching the low 20s.
03:26So warmer, sunnier weather is on the way but there will be some bright weather at the weekend
03:31as well, not necessarily good news as far as the partial eclipse is concerned for Scotland
03:38and Northern Ireland however.