28/12/2012 BBC Weather

Good evening. Well, still a few days to go before the end of the

year, but it has already been confirmed that in England 2012 will

go down as the wettest year ever recorded, records going back more

than 100 years, and we are not out of the woods yet. In the north and

west tonight, gusts up to 85 or 90 mph, the potential to damage

structures from that, but that is only half the story because we have

got heavy rain piling into the West of England and Wales. The wins are

from the south-west, keeping things relatively wild, but that is little

consolation, because across the south and west it is thoroughly wet

overnight and into the morning. We could see a good inch of rain or in

places, whether warnings in force. Make the most of the dry start

across the south-east and East Anglia, because it will not last.

You can see the rain piling into the north-west of England, some

spilling into the north-east, son - - southern and central parts of

Scotland seemed pretty wet weather through the morning. Blustery

showers affecting Western Scotland those may clip the north coast of

Northern Ireland. Towards Belfast, much drier than elsewhere. In Wales,

a miserable start, heavy rain and a really strong squally winds, and

those squally winds will creep ever eastwards, so it would turn into a

miserable afternoon across central and eastern parts of England.

Further west, gradually brightening up, a little bit of sunshine but

some blustery showers getting going, and temperatures in North dipping

down a couple of degrees on today's values. Into the evening, showers

widespread across western parts of the UK, but in Scotland the showers

will turn to snow quite readily over the hills, so some fairly

significant snowfall as we look towards dawn on Sunday. For central

and eastern areas, a better day of it, I suspect, largely dry and

bright, but more wind and rain lurking in Northern Ireland to

spread across most other parts as we get into the latter stages of

Sunday. Monday's New Year's Eve, more rain in the forecast, the rain

in Scotland should clear later in the day, but for the south-east it