General Synopsis at 12:00hrs for the UK for the next five days: Saturday: A low pressure pushes rain slowly into the W this stalling in the W Sunday night. Average to rather mild temperatures. Sunday: Low pressure over SW England pushes spells of rain or showers slowly northwards across the country. Average temperatures by mild by night. Monday: Low pressure to the S of the UK with high pressure to the NE. A front lies stalled across the W with light to moderate rain Wales northwards. Showers in the SW. Light to gentle breezes inland windy round some E facing coasts. Average temperatures. Tuesday: Low pressure to the SE of the UK and High pressure beginning to build in from the E. Showers in the W and the N. Rather cold to average temperatures by day. Breezy E facing coasts. Xmas Eve: High pressure building in from the NE. Cloudy a few spots of light rain possible in Scotland and the far SW. Rather cold temperatures. Windy in the channel with gusts to 50mph.
Local Summary for the next five days: A few changes on today's run first of all we import some milder air from the SE over the weekend this arriving with the rain Sunday evening. By Midweek as the high builds we pull in some colder air from the E. No precipitation on this run so no Snow but a chilly xmas day. A frost is the only possible white stuff on Xmas day. Apart from the rain late Sunday a dry mostly cloudy outlook after Saturday. Temperatures by day around average but dropping below on Xmas Eve. Nights returning to mild by Sunday then dropping off again from midweek. Winds light to gentle breezes. So a chilly dull Xmas on the cards.
Friday evening and night: Barometer at 18:00hrs 1012mb rising slowly. Temperatures 7C. Winds a light to gentle SSW breeze. The evening and night dry with patchy cloud and clear spells. Winds a light S breeze. Overnight low 3C to 5C so average to rather mild. A patchy ground frost possible in places.
Saturday: The weekend starting dry with clear spells. Temperatures 4C to 6C. Winds a light SSE breeze. A dry day with sunny spells. Winds a gentle SSE breeze. Temperatures 7C to 8C so average. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1006mb falling slowly. The evening and night dry with clear spells. Overnight low 4C to 6C so average to rather mild. Winds a gentle ESE breeze.
Sunday: A dry beginning to the day with clear spells. Winds a light to gentle ESE breeze. Temperatures 6C to 7C. A fairly cloudy day. Winds a light to gentle E breeze. Temperatures 7C to 8C so average. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1004mb rising. The evening has some light showers arriving from the SE merging to moderate rain by the evenings end. The night sees the moderate rain clearing by the early hours. Winds a light E breeze. Overnight low 7C to 8C. So mild.
Monday: The new week begins dry and cloudy and mild. Winds a light E breeze. Temperatures 8C to 9C. The day dry fairly cloudy only a few sunny spells. Winds a light E breeze. Temperatures 8C to 9C. So average. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1008mb steady. The evening and night dry and cloudy. Winds a light NE breeze. Overnight low 4C so average.
Tuesday: The new day starts dry and cloudy. Winds a light NNE breeze. Temperatures 5C. A dry cloudy day. Winds a light NNE breeze. Temperatures 6C to 7C. So rather cold to average. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1016mb rising. The evening and night dry and cloudy. Winds a light ENE breeze. Overnight low 5C so rather mild.
Xmas Eve: Rather mild, cloudy dry welcome to midweek. Temperatures 6C. Winds a light ENE breeze. A dry cloudy day and rather cold. Winds a gentle E breeze. Temperatures 6C. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1036mb steady. The evening and night dry and cloudy. Winds a light ENE breeze. Overnight low 2C to 3C so average. A patchy ground frost possible in places.