14-day weather forecast

Weather forecasts from the Met Office are provided at a range of time-scales and for up to 5000 locations across the UK. 14-day weather forecasts cover part of the extended-range outlook. The different forecasting periods that 14-day forecasts cover are described below.

Nowcasting (0 - 6 hours)

Nowcasting maps the current weather and then uses an estimate of its speed and direction of movement to forecast the weather a short period ahead - assuming the weather will move without significant changes.

At the Met Office nowcasting is combined with the latest high resolution model output to form a detailed forecast out to six hours. This forecast is updated every hour.

Short-range weather forecasts (1 - 3 days)

Short-range weather forecasts cover periods from just a few hours ahead (from the nowcasting time-scale) up to about three days ahead.

Short-range forecasts provided by the Met Office are extremely accurate and are updated several times a day.

Medium-range weather forecasts (3 - 10 days)


The UK medium-range outlook is covered in the five-day location and map-based forecasts as well as the forecaster written forecasts.

The regional 3-5 day text forecasts provide a general picture of the weather on a day-by-day basis, with the main regional variations identified. The Met Office has a good track record in advising on any significant risk of severe weather in this period.


Extended-range weather forecasts (10 - 30 days)





Last updated: 8 December 2015

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