National Forecast

Issued at: 27 November 2025 16:18

TODAY - Thursday 27th November

A mix of cloud and clear spells this evening along with a few passing showers. A blustery evening with fresh and gusty southwest winds and with gales on western and northwestern coasts.

TONIGHT

Windy in the west and northwest tonight, with breezy or blustery conditions elsewhere. There'll be a mix of clear spells and scattered showers, some of them heavy with a chance hail. Lowest temperatures of 5 to 9 degrees with fresh to strong and gusty southwesterly winds, reaching near gale or gale force in northwestern and some western coastal parts.

TOMORROW - Friday 28th November

Tomorrow, Friday, will be a blustery, windy day with widespread showers, turning heavy at times with a possibility of hail and isolated thunderstorms. There'll be some sunny spells mixed in too, although it will turn mostly cloudy in the west and northwest in the afternoon with the showers merging to longer spells of rain there. Colder than previous days with highest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees in moderate to fresh, occasionally strong, and gusty, southwest winds, with gales on coasts.

National Outlook

Overview: Generally changeable and unsettled.

Friday night: Still some uncertainty on the exact details for Friday night, though it looks like it'll be a mix of cloud and clear spells with scattered showers, for most, some heavy with a chance of hail and thunder. There is a possibility of longer spells of rain in the west and north for a time early on in the night, and also the chance of some cloud and rain affecting the south coast. Lowest temperatures of 0 to 5 degrees with a chance of frost and fog patches as winds fall light and variable overnight.

Saturday: Variable cloud, sunny spells and scattered showers, turning heavy at times, with hail and isolated thunderstorms possible. Rather cold with highest temperatures of just 5 to 8 degrees. Light variable winds will become light to moderate north to northwest as the day goes on, possibly fresher for a time in the southwest. There'll be a few scattered showers in parts of the west and north on Saturday night, but it'll be dry and clear in many areas. A cold night with some frost and icy patches possible as winds fall light westerly or variable, with temperatures dropping to between -2 and +2 degrees.

Sunday: Cold and frosty to begin on Sunday, with some sunshine for a time, especially further east. However, it'll turn cloudier from the west, with rain and drizzle gradually spreading eastwards. Afternoon highs of 4 to 8 degrees in mainly light southerly winds, increasing moderate later. Mostly cloudy and damp with outbreaks of rain and drizzle on Sunday night. Lowest temperatures of 2 to 6 degrees, coldest early on in the night but becoming milder overnight, in light to moderate southerly winds.

Monday: Wet and cloudy to begin on Monday with outbreaks of rain and drizzle, clearing eastwards through the morning, giving way to showers, some of them heavy. Light to moderate southerly winds veering westerly, will be fresh to strong at times near southern coasts. Highest temperatures of 8 to 12 degrees.

Further Outlook: Continuing changeable and unsettled with Atlantic low pressure dominating the weather pattern.