Saturday afternoon forecast 25/12/21

25 December - National weather forecast presented by Sarah Kent.

Transcript

00:00Hello, and welcome to your latest update from the Met Office.

00:04We'll continue to see big contrasts across the UK through the rest of Christmas Day.

00:08It's cold with some bright skies in the north. Elsewhere, cloudy with outbreaks of rain,

00:13which will be heavy in places. This afternoon, any brighter skies will be confined to the

00:17far north and northeast where there'll be some sunny spells. Elsewhere, cloudy for most

00:21with outbreaks of rain, with some heavy bursts of rain over parts of the south-west and moving

00:26into Northern Ireland, and there could even be some sleet and hill snow over parts of

00:30the Pennines. A cold day in the north, with the brisk wind making it feel even colder,

00:36contrasting with much milder conditions in the south-west.

00:39Into this evening, the rain will continue slowly north-eastwards, bringing some heavy

00:42rain to Northern Ireland where a weather warning is in force, and where the rain encounters

00:47colder air, it will turn to sleet and snow across parts of Northern England and Scotland.

00:52The snow is most likely to settle on ground above about 300 metres, and a Met Office

00:56yellow warning for snow has been issued. The snow combined with strong winds will lead

01:00to some difficult travelling conditions if you're out early on Boxing Day morning.

01:05It'll be coldest in the far north, with temperatures falling as low as minus 5 in some rural spots,

01:11but temperatures in most towns and cities elsewhere will remain above freezing.

01:17So Boxing Day morning starts cloudy with rain continuing to move north-east, and with some

01:22outbreaks of snow continuing over some of the higher ground in the north. Brighter

01:26weather follows from the south-west, but also some heavy showers, which could bring some

01:30hail and the odd rumble of thunder across Wales and southern England.

01:34It's a milder day compared with Christmas Day for most of us, with temperatures in double

01:38figures in the south, but only single figures in the north.

01:43Looking further ahead into next week, it'll often be cloudy with some spells of rain,

01:47although there will be some drier and brighter periods too, and it will become very mild

01:52from midweek onwards, as Atlantic weather systems move across the UK.

01:57That's all from me for now. Merry Christmas!