A rain band pushes eastwards from the northwest, affecting Scotland, Northern Ireland, northwest England and Wales. Feeling slightly cooler under the rain, but sunshine and clear conditions in the south and southeast where it will be closer to the seasonal average. Turning windier in the northwest. Cloudy and mild overnight. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 29/03/2025. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Greg Dewhurst.
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00:00Hello, there. We've got a north-west-south-east split with our weather at the moment. If you're
00:05across parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland, western parts of England and Wales, it's quite
00:09cloudy with some outbreaks of rain. But over south-east, it's dry for now until the weather
00:13front slips its way southwards. But the good news is if you like the dry weather, it continues
00:17to end March and into the beginning of April as well as high pressure becomes established
00:22across many parts, so little in the way of rain. However, at the moment, we do have rain
00:27across parts of Northern Ireland, Scotland, some snow as well across the highest ground
00:31of Scotland here. And then this rain band just slowly slipping its way south-eastwards
00:35as we go through the afternoon. Into the evening time, outbreaks of rain could be heavy at
00:38times across the high ground of Northern England, northern parts of Wales too. Best of the sunshine
00:43holding on across eastern parts of the Midlands down into East Anglia, south-east England
00:47here. They're turning increasingly hazy later. The wind's turning increasingly strong across
00:52north-western parts of the UK, some local gales around the coast as well. So just take
00:56the edge off the temperatures a little bit. It will feel cool under the cloud and patchy
01:00rain with temperatures on the face of it reaching double figures, 15, 16 Celsius in the best
01:06of the sunshine towards the south-east, but feeling quite chilly under that cloud. Into
01:10the evening time, this weather front continues to slip its way south-eastwards, but it does
01:14bump into a ridge of high pressure, so much of the rain is squeezed out of it. It becomes
01:18more an area of cloud and drizzle as it pushes south-eastwards with then clear spells following
01:22on behind overnight. Further showers though across northern Scotland and it does remain
01:27quite blustery with north-westerly winds across the whole of the country. But that will keep
01:31temperatures up for many of us, 7 to 9 Celsius. So not a cold night to come. Some sheltered
01:37spots are a little lower than this, but that means there will be some bright spells to
01:40start Sunday morning. Any early rain clearing the south-east and then showers largely restricted
01:47to northern parts of Scotland as we go through the day. Plenty of sunshine developing for
01:51many. The wind's still coming in from the north, still brisk down the east coast. That
01:55northerly wind could bring some large waves to coastal stretches, so do take care here.
02:01But further west, winds will fall lighter, though clouds starting to thicken across parts
02:05of Northern Ireland later on. And temperature-wise, generally similar again, 13 to 15, locally
02:1116 or 17 Celsius. So in sheltered spots in that sunshine, which is starting to strengthen
02:17at this time of the year, it will feel fairly pleasant out there. But most places having
02:21a dry end to the day as well, just one or two showers across the far north. But these
02:26easing and then a weak weather front bringing some thicker cloud across the far north-west
02:30of the UK later on. But most places dry, perhaps local frost overnight into Monday morning.
02:37But overall, generally staying dry as high pressure builds in next week. See you soon.