2025 outlook: in top three warmest years on record
The Met Office outlook for 2025 suggests that it is likely to be one of the three warmest years for global average temperature, falling in line just behind 202…
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Remaining largely cloudy through this evening and overnight. Many parts will be dry, but some light rain or drizzle is possible, especially over the hills and mountains, where it will also be rather murky. Chilly again, but staying frost free. Minimum temperature 3 °C.
Cloud will continue to blanket the skies, thick enough for some further light rain and drizzle, with hill fog lingering in places too. Maximum temperature 8 °C.
Brighter for a time on Saturday, with sunny spells and showers. Cloudier for Sunday and into Monday, with gusty winds and outbreaks of rain. Turning milder than of late.
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Mild and many areas dry on Tuesday aside from rain over some western hills. Through the middle of next week, conditions are expected to turn widely unsettled with spells of heavy rain and strong winds possible for all regions. Temperatures falling back to around if not a little below average for a time later next week. Generally mixed conditions thereafter. High pressure will attempt to build across the south of the country at times but looks unlikely to become dominant as spells of wet and windy continue to arrive from the west. Temperatures likely varying around average with both some milder and colder interludes to be expected. Any snow most likely restricted to high ground though could temporarily fall at lower levels in the north during colder interludes.
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Mainly unsettled conditions are most likely, with spells of wet and windy weather for all, these most frequent in the northwest. Some snow is possible in colder interludes, especially on high ground in the north. There are signs of at least some more settled interludes, these more likely across the south. Temperatures are likely to be around or slightly above average overall, any more settled interludes bringing the potential for overnight frost and fog.
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