Heavy showers are moving into Northern Ireland and parts of western Scotland with chances of lightning strikes especially to the north and west of Northern Ireland. Extensive cloud cover across England, Wales and southern Scotland with some heavy showers across central England, possibly thundery. Largely dry and bright for northeastern Scotland and clouds break at times across the far south of England. - This is the Met Office UK weather forecast for the afternoon of 17/07/2025. Bringing you today’s forecast is Aidan McGivern.
00:00Hi there. A return to fairly humid weather is expected over the next few days, with the increased chance of some lively thunderstorms developing.
00:09We have seen some thunderstorms already, mostly offshore to the north of Northern Ireland.
00:14Those heavy showers are moving now into parts of Western Scotland and the rest of Northern Ireland during the rest of Thursday.
00:22A chance of some lightning strikes, especially to the north and west of Northern Ireland,
00:26but of main concern are the heavy downpours with some high rainfall rates.
00:31Of course, always hit and miss in this kind of situation, but north-western parts of Northern Ireland most at risk of these,
00:37but also some heavy showers moving into the west of Scotland.
00:40Extensive cloud cover across southern Scotland, northern and central parts of England, as well as Wales.
00:46And within this zone, again, a chance of some heavy showers, perhaps even the odd rumble of thunder, particularly through the Midlands.
00:53But towards the south, the cloud breaking up at times, a humid feel out there, temperatures reaching the mid or even high 20s in one or two spots.
01:02The north-east of Scotland, meanwhile, staying largely dry and bright.
01:06Fresher feel here, with temperatures more likely to be in the low 20s or high teens.
01:12Now, we've got this heavy, showery rain moving through Scotland overnight.
01:16Further downpours for Northern Ireland, as well.
01:20And a lot of cloud across the UK, with a muggy night to come, uncomfortable for sleeping in places.
01:26Mistiness around some southern and western coasts.
01:30And temperatures not dipping much below 17 or 18 Celsius.
01:35There'll be some outbreaks of rain arriving into the west, courtesy of a cold front first thing Friday.
01:39But ahead of that, we've got this humid airflow.
01:41And once the cloud breaks up and the sun comes out, it's going to feel very warm, if not hot, across parts of the Midlands, East Anglia and the south-east.
01:49Showers fairly widely across Scotland and Northern Ireland.
01:52But of greatest concern are these thunderstorms that could pop up into the afternoon across parts of north-east England,
01:59particularly the North York Moors.
02:0040 to 60 millimetres of rainfall, potentially falling in a few hours.
02:04Where we do have the sunshine further south, though, the potential for 30 to 32 Celsius.
02:10So, a hot day to come.
02:12But that heat and the humidity and the nearby low pressure will result in further heavy showers into the Friday evening,
02:20or even some thunderstorms moving up from northern France to become extensive across eastern parts of the UK,
02:27in particular as we head into the early hours of Saturday.
02:30Low pressure then nearby on Saturday, swinging further showers and longer spells of rain in from the south-west later.
02:37So, an unsettled picture this weekend.
02:40High humidity, high instability.
02:42Chance of some high rainfall rates in places.
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