General Synopsis at 12:00hrs for the UK for the next five days: Xmas: High pressure over Norway. Dry and mostly cloudy with a few sunny spells. Windy in the S with gusts to 50mph in the channel. Boxing Day: High pressure ridging in the from the NW. Dry and mostly cloudy and cold to rather cold. A few sunny spells possible. Breezy in the channel and in the W. 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. 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 N and E facing coasts. Cold to rather cold temperatures.
Local Summary for the next five days: Little change and a case of changing cloud around and whether it will break or not. Chance of sunny spells Christmas and Boxing day then after that it's a case of bonus Sunny spells like today's. A chance of light shower Christmas eve otherwise dry for the next five days. Temperatures mostly around or below average by day and night. A chance of some frosts. Winds light to gentle breezes except Xmas day where they maybe briefly moderate. The High pressure looks set to stay around for a while with most of any cold air being mostly directed into Europe.
Wednesday evening and night: Barometer at 18:00hrs 1037mb steady. Temperatures 5C. Winds a light NE breeze. The evening and night mostly dry and fairly cloudy. A small risk of light shower. Winds a light to gentle ENE breeze. Overnight low 1C to 3C so rather cold to average. A patchy ground frost.
Xmas day: The day starting dry and fairly cloudy. Temperatures 2C to 4C. Winds a gentle ENE breeze. A dry rather cold fairly cloudy day with a few sunny spells at times. Winds a gentle to moderate ENE breeze. Temperatures 5C to 6C. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1032mb steady. The evening and night dry and mostly cloudy. A few breaks Overnight low 1C so rather cold. A widespread ground frost. Winds a light to gentle NE breeze.
Boxing day: A dry, chilly and fairly cloudy start to boxing day. Winds a light NE breeze. Temperatures 2C. A dry day with a few sunny spells. Winds a light to gentle ENE breeze. Temperatures 5C to 6C so rather cold. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1034mb rising slowly. The evening and night dry and mostly cloudy. Winds a light NNE breeze. 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 2C to 3C. The day cloudy but dry. Winds a gentle ENE breeze. Temperatures 7C to 8C so average. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1038mb falling slowly. The evening and night dry and cloudy. Winds a light NNE breeze. Overnight low 1C to 2C so rather cold to average a widespread ground frost.
Sunday: The new day starts dry and cloudy. Winds a light NNE breeze. Temperatures 2C to 5C. A dry cloudy day. Winds a light NNE 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 W breeze. Overnight low 0C to 3C so rather cold to average a patchy air and ground frost.
Monday: A cloudy welcome to the new week. Temperatures 1C to 4C. Winds a light NW breeze. Dry and mostly cloudy. Winds a light NNW breeze. Temperatures 3C to 4C so cold. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1030mb steady. The evening and night dry and cloudy. Winds a light to N breeze. Overnight low 2C to 3C so average. A patchy ground frost.