General Synopsis at 12:00hrs for the UK for the next five days: Saturday: High pressure to the NW. Dry and cloudy with cold to average temperatures. Windy in the SW and on the E coasts gusts to 50mph in the E. Breezy inland. Sunday: High pressure over the UK. Dry and mostly cloudy. Breezy in the SW and Channel. Cold to average temperatures. Monday: High pressure to the NW. Dry and mostly cloudy. Windy down E facing coasts. Cold to rather cold temperatures. Tuesday: High pressure ridging from the NW. Dry and mostly cloudy. Windy down the E coast breezy in the channel. Cold to rather cold temperatures. Wednesday: High pressure to the W and Low pressure to the E. Some light showers down the E coast and windy. Dry fairly cloudy elsewhere and cold to rather cold.
Local Summary for the next five days: Little change and a case of chasing cloud amounts around and whether it will break or not. The present indications are for cloudy conditions so it's a case of bonus sunny spells like today's. Dry for the next five days. Temperatures mostly below average by day and night. Some further some frosts. Winds light to gentle breezes. The High pressure looks set to stay around for a while but will sink slowly next week allowing milder air and the Atlantic to start to take charge once again late on.
Boxing day evening and night: Barometer at 18:00hrs 1033mb rising slowly. Temperatures 3C. Winds a light NNE breeze. The evening and night dry with clear spells but cloud increasing in the early hours. Overnight low 0C to 1C. So rather cold with a widespread ground frost.
Saturday: The new weekend begins dry and cloudy. Winds a light NNE breeze. Temperatures 1C to 2C. The day cloudy but dry. Winds a gentle ENE breeze. Temperatures 6C to 7C so average to rather cold. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1036mb steady. The evening and night dry and cloudy. Winds a light NE breeze. Overnight low 1C to 2C so average a widespread ground frost.
Sunday: The new day starts dry and cloudy. Winds a light NNE breeze. Temperatures 3C. A dry cloudy day. Winds a light to gentle NE breeze. Temperatures 5C to 7C. So rather cold to average. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1032mb steady. The evening and night dry and cloudy. Winds a light NNE breeze. Overnight low 0C to 3C so rather cold to average a patchy air frost and widespread ground frost.
Monday: A cloudy welcome to the new week. Temperatures 1C to 4C. Winds a light N breeze. Dry and mostly cloudy. Winds a light NNE breeze. Temperatures 4C to 5C so cold to rather cold. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1028mb steady. The evening and night dry and cloudy. Winds a light to N breeze. Overnight low 2C to 4C so average to rather mild. A patchy ground frost.
Tuesday day: The day starting dry and fairly cloudy. Temperatures 4C to 5C. Winds a light N breeze. A dry fairly cloudy day. Winds a light WNW breeze. Temperatures 5C to 6C so rather cold to average. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1028mb steady. The evening and night dry and mostly cloudy. Low 0C so rather cold. A widespread air and ground frost. Winds a light NW breeze.
Wednesday: A dry, chilly and fairly cloudy start to the day. Winds a light NNW breeze. Temperatures 1C to 2C. A dry cloudy day. Winds a light to gentle NNW breeze. Temperatures 4C to 5C so rather cold. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1032mb falling. The evening and night dry and mostly cloudy. Winds a light WNW breeze. Overnight low -1C to 0C. So cold to rather cold with a widespread air and ground frost.