Much of the UK will enjoy a calm afternoon with uninterrupted sunshine, though there will be the risk of an isolated shower in the far southwest. However, on the east coast of England there will be some patches of cloud and a moderate southerly breeze and it will be notably cooler here. This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 13/05/2025. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Alex Deakin.
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00:00Thanks for joining me for your latest weather update from the Met Office.
00:03Plenty more sunshine to come over the next several days.
00:07But as always, the devil with our weather is in the detail.
00:10The bigger picture, though, does show where the rain is.
00:13It's out here, out in the Atlantic, a big chunky area of low pressure.
00:16And that is staying out here, really, for the foreseeable future,
00:20allowing this high to dominate our weather.
00:23We've seen this little low generate some heavy, even thundery showers over recent days.
00:27And still closest to that across southwest England.
00:31There will be one or two more breaking out this afternoon through Devon, Cornwall.
00:35And the hours are silly, perhaps, but very hit and miss.
00:37Most places staying dry.
00:39With that high pressure sitting to the north, the winds around it are drifting down from the north.
00:43And that's bringing a chilly feel to the North Sea coast.
00:47And at times, a bit of cloud over eastern England, too, breaking up through the rest of today.
00:52But some of those eastern coasts may stay a little murky.
00:55And certainly, it will stay fresh.
00:57The sea surface temperature, about 10 degrees Celsius.
01:01So, we're going to struggle to get much above that right on the coast.
01:05These cities in eastern England should climb into the teens.
01:08But the warmest weather further west, and particularly today, across the south,
01:11where we'll see those temperatures getting up to 23, 24 degrees.
01:15So, feeling pretty warm here, whereas it is fairly chilly in the east.
01:19Of course, the temperature's irrelevant when it comes to UV levels.
01:22If it's sunny out there this time of year, you can be pretty sure you're going to get damage to the skin unless you are protected.
01:29So, slap the sunscreen on.
01:30Those levels are high for most of us.
01:33Now, the breeze will continue to feed the cloud back in across these eastern parts of England through the night.
01:38Any of those heavy showers this evening should fade away from the far southwest.
01:42Generally, clear skies across western areas overnight.
01:45But, as I say, that cloud bringing the mist and the murk back further inland as we go through the night.
01:50Temperatures dipping down into single figures for many.
01:53Getting quite fresh, actually, in western Scotland.
01:55Down to 2 or 3 degrees in some sheltered spots here.
01:59A different start then to Thursday across the Midlands since much of eastern England started the day drab.
02:05It may take a while for that mist and low cloud to clear away.
02:08And, again, parts of the east coast may hang on to the harm fret throughout the afternoon.
02:14But, generally, for most inland areas, it will again turn sunny.
02:18We're losing the risk of showers in the southwest tomorrow as well.
02:21So, for the vast majority, it is a day of sparkling spring sunshine.
02:26Temperatures, though, perhaps not quite as high across the south.
02:29I think western Scotland may see the highest temperatures on Thursday.
02:3222, maybe, or 23 degrees Celsius.
02:35Most places around or a touch above average.
02:38But, again, that east coast, particularly if it does stay murky, temperatures could struggle.
02:43So, feeling quite cool, particularly with that breeze coming in from the sea.
02:47So, that's going to make quite a big difference.
02:48Again, quite a contrast between east and west.
02:51And, again, where we see that breeze could just generate a bit more cloud coming into these eastern areas as we go through Thursday evening.
02:58That will continue to be a trend in the weather even into the weekend because our pressure pattern is not really shifting.
03:04That low pressure staying way out to the west.
03:07High pressure continuing to dominate and mill around just to the north of the UK, allowing those winds to continue to feed down.
03:14And, at times, bring cloudier and, certainly for most of the time, bring cooler conditions to the east coast.
03:20But, that high will continue to bring much of the country more of that spring sunshine.
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