Cosford Air Show: Met Office weather forecast as RAF Cosford gears up for spectacular air show

The sold-out Cosford Air Show 2025 takes place today (Sunday, June 8) with a line-up of spectacular aircraft providing displays in the air and on the ground.

While the weather is important for show-goers to prepare for the day out, it has significant implications for some of the displays planned.

The Met Office did issue a Yellow warning over thunderstorms for Shropshire and the West Midlands yesterday (Saturday, June 7) but fortunately the weather experts say there are no weather warnings for tomorrow.

The current weather forecast is for a bright day, with scattered showers and sunny spells - drier than Saturday and 'breezy but feeling a little warmer' with maximum temperatures of 16 degrees Celsius.

The forecast is for a varying 30 to 80 per cent chance of light showers between 11am and 8pm.

Temperatures are set to rise to 16°, with wind gusts rising up to 32mph at around 1pm to 2pm in the afternoon.

The Met Office said:  "A drier day than on Saturday with all areas seeing some sunshine at times. Scattered showers developing from the west and becoming fairly widespread during the afternoon, but some places will remain dry. Breezy but feeling a little warmer. Maximum temperature 16 °C."

What is happening at Cosford Air Show 2025?

The day will feature a host of stunning aircraft, including a display from the country's favourite aviation team, The Red Arrows.

Other displays include the spectacular Royal Air Force F-35B Lightning which will be making a special appearance.

Flying for the day begins at 11am and finishes at 5pm, with the show set to provide an up-to-date schedule from 8am tomorrow, Sunday, June 8.

Those who were not lucky enough to get tickets can watch the proceedings online.

A couple of displays have cancelled ahead of the event.

This morning RAF Cosford Air Show announced that the Army Air Corps capability demo would no longer be attending due to a safety alert by its manufacturer.

They released a statement saying:  "Unfortunately the 1st Aviation Brigade Display of UK Apache E-model and Wildcat is not able to go ahead today. The decision was made because a safety alert was issued late on Friday by Boeing, the manufacturer of Apache.

"The safety of the public and our crews at the Cosford airshow is our highest priority. As we investigate the potential fault, we have had to make the difficult decision to temporarily suspend display flying of the Apache-64E. Sadly we were not able to complete the investigation before the airshow this weekend.

"We apologise for the disappointment and are sad not to be taking part in this fantastic air display, but trust that you, like us, understand how important it is to maintain everyone’s safety. We will be back displaying soon!" 

There was confirmation yesterday morning that the historic Great War Display Team are unable to attend the show due to the weather.

A post shared on the air show's official social media page explained: "Sadly the team had had to cancel our appearance at RAF Cosford tomorrow. We are very disappointed but the weather has unfortunately made things rather difficult to get there today and the forecast winds for tomorrow are outside the aircraft’s limits.

"We wish Cosford a great day tomorrow and hope we can make it happen next year."

For those not at the air show wanting to catch a glimpse of the Red Arrows as they fly across the county, check the following guide.

*The aircraft will depart Liverpool Airport at 2.59pm, travelling south towards Malpas for 3.03pm.

It's estimated they will then be northwest of Eccleshall - over Knighton and Ellerton - for 3.06pm.

They will be northwest of Newport, over Harper Adams University and Edgmond, at around 3.08pm.

Within the minute they will be northeast of Telford, over Lilleshall and Sheriffhales, before arriving at Cosford for the display at around 3.10pm.

At around 3.34pm, the team will leave Cosford and travel towards Brewood and Gailey over Penkridge. 

It's estimated they will be north of Uttoxeter at around 3.37pm then south of Sutton on Trent at 3.43pm before arriving at RAF Waddington at 3.45pm.