Friday 21st February 2025

Well it’s definitely milder – but unsettled too. Plenty of cloud and rain in the forecast, but also some sunshine.

No photograph this week as all the only unused ones are sunny, I have nothing suitable/interesting from my London life and I still haven’t been on holiday. Though the cloudiness of this winter has persuaded me to budget for a winter holiday next year!

So the general picture sees the jetstream fired up once more, fuelled again by another cold plunge in the US.

Today starts cloudy with a bit of patchy rain. It will brighten up for a couple of hours, say late morning roughly, then thicker cloud will spread from the west from around lunchtime, with outbreaks of rain arriving not long after – continuing until the evening, on and off. Quite windy in the morning but we should reach 14’C. The rain slowly clearing overnight, though staying cloudy. Down to around 10’C.

Saturday starts cloudy. It will slowly break up by around late morning, to leave increasing amounts of sunshine – especially for mid/late afternoon. A stray shower possible, but not many around. 12’C and breezy. Clear skies at first overnight, though mist/fog patches likely forming in places overnight. Down to around 5’C.

A bit of a mixture to start Sunday, some places starting with some mist/fog/low cloud, others brighter with hazy sunshine. The mist/fog will lift but also the cloud will thicken from the west so any hazy sunshine disappears. Outbreaks of rain arriving in the afternoon, quite patchy and light/moderate in intensity. Reaching around 10’C, the wind picking up to be strong during the afternoon. The strong winds continue in the evening and the rain will become more persistent and somewhat heavy, continuing for much of the night. Around 9’C.

Monday likely starts cloudy, perhaps still some rain to clear. This should move away fairly swiftly to leave sunny spells and scattered showers – most places getting a couple of showers, a small chance of them being heavy, a very small chance of thunder. Reaching around 12’C and generally pretty breezy. Clear skies at first overnight but it looks like a spell of rain, or showers will cross in the second half of the night. Down to around 5’C.

For Tuesday we remain very much in the westerly flow.

A bit more uncertainty on details but broadly mixed, some sunshine, some cloud and some showers. Around 10’C. Clear skies overnight and a colder feel, down to around 2’C.

Wednesday tentatively looks quite decent, sunny spells, some fair weather cloud and a small chance of a shower. Around 10’C. Another chilly night likely, down to around 3’C – a chance of some showers later.

That’s about as far as I can go with any confidence on details, though the pattern will remain broadly the same for late next week and into the weekend, some sunshine at times, some cloud and some showers – perhaps a spell of rain. Temperatures a bit colder say 8’C to 10’C.

Probably rather unsettled again next week for the first full week of March, with temperatures pretty supressed.

More hope for some spring sunshine later in March.

Have a pleasant weekend.