Cloudy and mild for the next coming hours with mild air coming in from the southwest. Patchy rain across northern England and northwestern Scotland, elsewhere dry with a few cloud breaks where mist and fog patches may form. - This is the Met Office Weather forecast for the evening of 24/12/2024. Bringing you tonight's weather forecast is Clare Nasir.
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00:00Hello there. Welcome to your Christmas Eve weather update from the Met Office.
00:04Now through the next 24 hours it's cloudy and mild. Let's take a look at the bigger picture.
00:09Our air mass is tropical maritime coming in from the southwest.
00:13High pressure always influencing England and Wales.
00:16Whereas towards the far northwest of the country, yes, weather front skirting these parts
00:21with quite a blustery breeze into Christmas Day.
00:24The air remains mild and fairly calm across more central and southern areas into Boxing Day.
00:28This weather front tries to push southwards and in its wake we will see some colder air
00:33just towards the far northwest of Scotland with a few showers.
00:36And any rain tends to weaken as we head through Boxing Day as well as the 27th.
00:41So through Christmas Eve, yet again, it's mild. We've had an exceptionally mild day.
00:46Still damp in places across the northwest highlands, the tops of the Pennines.
00:50Elsewhere it's mostly dry. We will see some breaks in the cloud.
00:54And where you do see some starry skies, there's a chance of some mist and fog patches,
00:58particularly where the winds remain light across England and Wales.
01:01At the same time, cloud and wind as well as some rain arrives across the Outer Hebrides,
01:07pushing in across Shetland, Orkney and the far northwest of mainland Scotland
01:11as we head into the 25th of December, Christmas Day.
01:14And it starts on a fairly cloudy note, murky for some, but also rather mild.
01:20So through Christmas Day morning, many areas will get away with some dry weather, which is great news.
01:26The air temperature, again, remaining on the mild side.
01:29And there could be some breaks in the cloud. Mid Wales, the Severn Estuary towards the Midlands,
01:34the northeast of Scotland, possibly northeastern areas of England down towards Lincolnshire.
01:40But generally there will be a fair amount of cloud throughout the day.
01:44Northern Ireland seeing that cloud and that rain will slowly move in
01:49as we head through the latter part of Christmas Day across the northwest of Scotland.
01:52And the winds will pick up some strength here.
01:54Now, temperatures will be a notch down on Christmas Eve, even so.
01:59So well above average for this time of year, coming in around 11 or 12 degrees Celsius.
02:05So Christmas Day night will again be relatively mild.
02:09However, notice this weather front here with those stronger winds tries to push towards central parts of Scotland.
02:16Aberdeenshire down towards the Highlands and then Northern Ireland, the far north.
02:21See some showers as we start Boxing Day across the far northwest.
02:25It's got a bit cooler here further south.
02:27Yes, some dampness across Irish seacoast down towards the West Country where the cloud is thick enough.
02:31And that cloud will again be the theme of the weather through Boxing Day.
02:34But there will be some favoured spots for some brighter weather.
02:38Certainly some brighter skies coming in across the far northwest of Scotland.
02:41And here are your temperatures, 8 or 9 degrees Celsius behind this weather front under this cloud,
02:47where we will see some patchy rain through the day around 10 or 11 degrees Celsius
02:52and similar further south as well, 9, 10, 11 degrees Celsius
02:56and mostly dry across more central and eastern areas.
02:59So through Boxing Day evening, not a lot of change.
03:03And as I said, yes, the air is a little bit colder towards the far north.
03:07You can see these blues trying to push in.
03:09Winds remain fairly light across more southern areas,
03:12but high pressure extends from central Europe and another cell of high pressure across the central part of the Atlantic,
03:18which again extends across as we head through Friday as well as Saturday.
03:22The air is a bit colder through the first part of the weekend,
03:24but notice waiting in the wings, some milder conditions yet again.
03:28Wherever you are, take care, have an amazing Christmas and I'll see you again soon.
03:33Thanks for watching.