Met Office Wednesday afternoon weather forecast 25/12/2024

25 December - National weather forecast presented by Jonathan Vautrey.

Transcript

00:00Hello there and very Merry Christmas from all of us here at the Metaphys.

00:04Hopes of a white Christmas certainly have been dashed this year with mild

00:08conditions for most of us. In fact we have provisionally seen the mildest start

00:12to Christmas Day on record for Scotland and Northern Ireland. Temperatures here

00:16over the last 24 hours have not dropped much below 11 or 12 degrees Celsius in

00:21places so very mild indeed. Although mild it is coming with quite a lot of cloud.

00:27The earliest satellite image showing quite a lot of grey skies around. A few

00:31breaks in there to watch out for throughout the day particularly for

00:33parts of the Midlands through Yorkshire and Northumberland, eastern areas of

00:36Scotland. Also perhaps seeing some sunny spells around at times. For northwest of

00:40Scotland though we have this rain band in place providing wetter conditions and

00:44also some gales around coastal areas. Temperatures though on the thermometer

00:48certainly well above average for the time of year. 11 to 12 degrees Celsius

00:53perhaps locally 13 in there as well. Might not need those Christmas jumpers

00:57if you are stepping outside though I'm sure it will still bring the festive

01:01spirit. As we head into the evening and overnight this band of rain in the far

01:05northwest is slowly going to slip its way a little bit further southwards. So

01:09that rain spreading into more mainland areas of Scotland and also fringing into

01:13Northern Ireland as we move towards dawn on Boxing Day as well. Generally England

01:17and Wales staying dry. A few fog patches are possible but with the cloud

01:21around it's certainly not going to be too chilly of a night for most of us

01:24around 6 to 9 degrees Celsius. Boxing Day itself for England and Wales is pretty

01:30much a rinse and repeat scenario. So we are going to see quite a lot of cloud

01:35around again areas to the east of higher ground. Going to see the best chance of

01:38some breaks in there and some sunny spells. For Scotland and Northern Ireland

01:42we still have this rain band in place so again a little bit of a damper day to

01:46come here. Areas to the south of that rain band once again 10 or 11 degrees

01:51Celsius a mild day. But further towards the northwest we're starting to see some

01:55slightly cooler conditions move their way in 7, 8 degrees Celsius for the

01:59Western Isles and up into the Northern Isles also. And we're going to be

02:02watching this rain band over the forthcoming days because it's going to

02:05act as that boundary line between the milder and the cooler conditions. On

02:10Friday at least it does look like the mild conditions will remain in place for

02:14most of us but into the weekend it is possible that we'll start to see that

02:17front slowly slipping its way south eastwards and that will allow those

02:20cooler fresh conditions to start arriving in for many of us. But we'll

02:24have plenty more updates on all of that and of course as we head towards New

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02:32again here later on. Have a lovely Christmas!