Hi all,

December, these days, always seems mild. Much colder years ago and this December has been no different. Temperatures on Wednesday morning were into the teens in some places. A White Christmas is on-hold for another year.

Thursday: Much colder air now in place with a fresh west-to-northwesterly airflow. A decent day though with sunny spells and most showers out to the west, which could fall as hail. Windy, making it feel colder (like 0°C). Ground-frost developing later but lifting as cloud arrives later in the night. Max 6°C Min 3°C

Friday: Back to the mild and wet. Cloud thickening during the morning with rain pushing east late-morning and into the afternoon. Drier into the evening. Windy. Max 9°C Min 6°C

Weekend: Very windy at times, some wintry showers and eventually colder.

Saturday: A weather-front will bring some patchy rain from the north-west during the morning, turning showery later. Tightly-packed isobars means a strong and gusty wind will be present, with gusts to 50mph. Possible warning could be issued but as for a named-storm, this for now, seems unlikely. Max 10°C Min 4°C

Sunday: Colder air will have followed in behind those showers and with it again being a windy day (45mph), the wind-chill will be notable (0°C). Generally cloudy with some showers, which could be wintry on the tops and fall as hail in places. Max 6°C Min 4°C

Outlook: Damp and mild at first but hopefully drier for Christmas Day with high pressure building leading to some bright spells and mild with temperatures of about 10-12°C. The following days look good; dry with sunny spells developing and feeling pleasant in any sunshine with light winds and maximum temperatures into double-figures. No chance of a White Christmas.

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Thanks,
Jon

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Forecast Issued: Wednesday the 18th of December 2024 at 6:40pm

Hi all,

More anticyclonic gloom this week but at least this time it won’t last that long. That said, after a slight change over the weekend, we could well be back to overcast skies next week until the Atlantic returns bringing more unsettled weather. As we approach the festivities we could well see some colder air come down from the north.

Thursday: Very similar to recent days. Cloudy skies and perhaps thick enough for some hill-drizzle. Otherwise, mostly light winds, dull and dry. No frost due to cloud-cover. Max 7°C Min 3°C

Friday: A bit of rinse and repeat. Overcast. Perhaps the odd splash of rain and winds turning southwesterly later. Max 8°C Min 3°C

Weekend: Turning milder.

Saturday: Early cloud and patchy rain will sink southeastwards with bright spells following on behind. Cloudy late-evening. Breezy. Max 8°C Min 6°C

Sunday: Milder with plenty of cloud and reasonably windy. Misty on the hills. Max 12°C Min 7°C

Outlook: Monday/Tuesday look mostly dry, windy and cloudy. Temperatures just creeping into double-figures. It is then expected to turn more unsettled later in the week. As we approach Christmas the long-range forecast suggests slightly colder with plenty of wintry showers. Don’t rule out a snowflake falling on the 25th just yet.

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Thanks,

Jon

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Forecast Issued: Wednesday 11th December 2024 at 9:05pm

Hi all,

Winter is here but the temperatures have been a bit up-and-down over the last few days. Currently we’re cold and milder air will again return for Thursday. And yes, you’ve guessed it, colder air returns after that, but this time it’s set to stay. This won’t be proper cold (yet!) but certainly more seasonal with wintry showers, frost and a notable wind-chill.

Thursday: Not a bad morning with dry spells and some hazy sunshine. Cloud increasing and heavy rain arrives for the afternoon, risk of localised flooding. Also turning windy, potentially 40-50mph later in the night (warning in place). Mild but cooler again overnight. Max 13°C Min 5°C

Friday: We turn colder once again with sunny spells and wintry showers feeding down on a northwesterly wind which will be gusty at times. Max 8°C Min 1°C

Weekend: Some uncertainty but a chance of some strong winds or potentially some hill-snow.

Saturday: At the time of writing, a low pressure system is expected to come in from the west and deepen across the UK. There is still some uncertainty on the track and it could track across the central part of the country, meaning we will see some strong winds, rain followed by hill-snow. If it is to track further south along the south coast, then it’d be a day similar to Friday with sunny spells and a few scattered wintry showers and obviously not as windy. It could be our next named-storm. Max 5°C Min -1°C

Sunday: Wherever the low tracks, it will be out of the way by Sunday and we can expect winds to start to turn to a more northerly direction and it will feel cold. Sunny spells and any wintry showers should become confined to any coastal regions. Frost at night. Max 6°C Min 0°C

Outlook: With high pressure out to the west, eventually a northeasterly airflow will develop and it is going to be turning colder with sharp overnight frosts and a few wintry showers but some decent sunny spells. As the week progresses, if the high pressure can start to position itself to the north of the UK, we could start to feed in more of an easterly breeze which again will keep temperatures on the cold side but mostly dry with overnight frosts.

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Thanks,

Jon

Forecast Issued: Wednesday 4th December 2024 at 5:25pm

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