Forecast
UK Weather Forecast. Issued 06:00 Wednesday 18 February. Valid until 12:00.
General synopsis: Southwesterly flow bringing rain to parts of the UK.
Scotland North. Cloudy. Rain. W 5. 7.
Scotland South. Cloudy. Rain. SW 4. 9.
Northern Ireland. Cloudy. Showers. W 4. 10.
North England. Cloudy. Rain. SW 4. 9.
Midlands and Wales. Partly cloudy. None. S 3. 12.
South West. Cloudy. Light rain. SW 4. 13.
South East. Cloudy. Light rain. SW 4. 13.
East Anglia. Partly cloudy. None. S 3. 12.
Overnight lows. Scotland North, 1. Scotland South, 3. Northern Ireland, 4. North England, 3. Midlands and Wales, 5. South West, 6. South East, 5. East Anglia, 4.
Outlook. Tomorrow: Conditions developing, further details in next schema. Day after: See next schema for updated outlook.
No warnings in force.
Next forecast issued at 12:00.
Next forecast issued at 12:00
Why fixed-order?
Conventional weather forecasts jump around — now the South East, now Scotland, now back to the Midlands.
By the time they reach your area, you've lost the thread.
This forecast always reads the same eight zones in the same order, north to south.
Within each zone, it always gives the same four things in the same sequence:
sky, precipitation, wind, temperature.
After a few listens, you stop having to concentrate.
You know your zone is coming fourth (or sixth, or wherever).
You hear the pattern without effort.
The idea comes from the BBC Shipping Forecast,
which mariners have relied on for over a century precisely because it never varies its structure.
Consistency isn't a design limitation — it's the whole point.
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"issued": "2026-02-18T06:00:00.000Z",
"validUntil": "2026-02-18T12:00:00.000Z",
"synopsis": "Southwesterly flow bringing rain to parts of the UK.",
"zones": [
{
"id": "scotland-north",
"name": "Scotland North",
"sky": "Cloudy",
"precipitation": "Rain",
"wind": {
"direction": "W",
"beaufort": 5
},
"temperature": 7,
"overnightLow": 1
},
{
"id": "scotland-south",
"name": "Scotland South",
"sky": "Cloudy",
"precipitation": "Rain",
"wind": {
"direction": "SW",
"beaufort": 4
},
"temperature": 9,
"overnightLow": 3
},
{
"id": "northern-ireland",
"name": "Northern Ireland",
"sky": "Cloudy",
"precipitation": "Showers",
"wind": {
"direction": "W",
"beaufort": 4
},
"temperature": 10,
"overnightLow": 4
},
{
"id": "north-england",
"name": "North England",
"sky": "Cloudy",
"precipitation": "Rain",
"wind": {
"direction": "SW",
"beaufort": 4
},
"temperature": 9,
"overnightLow": 3
},
{
"id": "midlands-wales",
"name": "Midlands & Wales",
"sky": "Partly cloudy",
"precipitation": "None",
"wind": {
"direction": "S",
"beaufort": 3
},
"temperature": 12,
"overnightLow": 5
},
{
"id": "south-west",
"name": "South West",
"sky": "Cloudy",
"precipitation": "Light rain",
"wind": {
"direction": "SW",
"beaufort": 4
},
"temperature": 13,
"overnightLow": 6
},
{
"id": "south-east",
"name": "South East",
"sky": "Cloudy",
"precipitation": "Light rain",
"wind": {
"direction": "SW",
"beaufort": 4
},
"temperature": 13,
"overnightLow": 5
},
{
"id": "east-anglia",
"name": "East Anglia",
"sky": "Partly cloudy",
"precipitation": "None",
"wind": {
"direction": "S",
"beaufort": 3
},
"temperature": 12,
"overnightLow": 4
}
],
"outlook": {
"tomorrow": "Conditions developing, further details in next schema.",
"dayAfter": "See next schema for updated outlook."
},
"warnings": "No warnings in force.",
"nextIssue": "12:00",
"attribution": "Powered by Met Office data via Open-Meteo"
}