Showers affecting parts of Scotland and eastern England, some producing thunder and hail and falling as sleet and snow over high ground. Few if any showers further south and west, with bright and dry conditions but more cloud developing through the afternoon. Feeling chilly in the northerly wind - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 11/03/2025. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Alex Burkill.
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00:00Hello again. A bit of a chilly feel to things for many of us today. And there are some showers
00:05around as well. These are mainly towards the north and east today because we have a north
00:10northeasterly flow pushing its way across the country, dragging in those showers and
00:15dragging in some cold Arctic air, which is why temperatures for many are going to be
00:19quite a bit lower than they were yesterday. Like I said, though, the showers today mainly
00:24across parts of Scotland and down the eastern side of England as well. We're bearing in
00:28mind some of these showers, especially in the north, could be a bit wintry, some sleet,
00:32some snow above two to three hundred metres or so. There could also be a bit of hail,
00:36a bit of thunder mixed in with them, perhaps even a bit of graupel at times too. Further
00:40south and west, very few if any showers reaching here, so it's looking mostly dry and there
00:45should be some bright sunny spells for most of us as well, albeit a bit more cloud developing
00:49as we go through the day. Like I said, a chilly feel to things though. In the south, temperatures
00:54markedly lower than they were yesterday, a good four to five degrees lower for some
00:58places, just about scraping into double figures at ten, maybe eleven Celsius towards the far
01:04south. Further north, temperatures on paper may be a degree or so higher than yesterday,
01:10could get to double figures perhaps around the central belt. But when you factor in that
01:14brisk wind coming in from the north, it is going to feel pretty chilly indeed. More showers
01:19to come as we go through the end of the day. In fact, they're actually going to become
01:22a bit more widespread. They'll push their way southwards, so a scattering of showers
01:26across Northern Ireland through the evening and then some showers developing overnight
01:30across parts of central, southern England and Wales. But in between the showers, there
01:35will be some clear skies and with the colder air, the clear skies, perfect ingredients
01:39for our temperatures to take a bit of a dip. So it is going to be a chillier, colder night
01:44than we've seen through some recent nights, especially in the south where we get the clear
01:47skies, touch of frost quite likely and do watch out for some icy stretches where there
01:52are wet surfaces and then temperatures dip below freezing. That means we are going to
01:56see some perhaps difficult driving conditions first thing with some icy patches possible.
02:01Otherwise, as we go through tomorrow and I think on the whole, it is going to be a bit
02:04more showery than today, greater chance of catching some showers and some heavier ones
02:08piling into particularly northeast England and again, some sleet, some snow mixed in.
02:12We could see a little bit settling over the higher ground, even some flurries perhaps
02:16to lower levels for a time. Further west, a greater chance of avoiding the showers,
02:21but one or two may push their way in. And all the time, even where you get the showers,
02:25there should be some sunny spells in between any of them. Temperatures are going to be
02:30even lower tomorrow than today. So feeling chilly, especially well, chilly for the time
02:35of year and even more so feeling it when you factor in the winds, brisk winds coming from
02:40the north northeast means for some places it's going to feel close to freezing, if not
02:45a little bit below. So a real raw feel to things as we go through into tomorrow.
02:49And looking ahead, we stick with the colder air across us as we go towards the end of the week.
02:54There is high pressure out towards the west. So western areas seeing fewer showers as we
02:58go through Thursday and Friday, but still plenty of showers to come. But by the weekend,
03:02that high pressure becomes more dominant. And so our weather should settle down for
03:06a little bit of time. And so it's going to look well, it's going to be largely dry through
03:10Saturday and much of Sunday, but we're clinging on to that chilly air. So not turning especially
03:16warm, but with fewer showers around, greater chance of seeing some decent sunshine. It
03:20shouldn't feel too bad at all. I'll see you again soon. Bye bye.