25/12/2016 Weather for the Week Ahead

Thanks for joining me. Merry Christmas.

Let's see what the weather is up to

in the run up to the New Year.

There are some changes coming our way.

It's been very windy, mild, breezy, stormy, even,

in northern parts of the UK in the last few days.

Certainly Christmas, no change there.

Storm Conor raging out there in the Atlantic.

This is one of the reasons why it's so mild outside.

This big wind storm is drawing all of that warmth

from the Azores.

That's sitting right on top of us,

just in time for Christmas Day.

So, for some of us, actually near record-breaking,

it's so mild.

Santa's braving those very strong winds,

Conor is just to the north of the UK here,

sending gale-force winds into Scotland.

There'll be some rain around,

damp at the very least, and cloudy.

Ten degrees first thing in the morning

across some southern areas,

a little bit colder in the north.

Here's the forecast for Christmas Day.

Basically mild south-westerlies.

There'll be blustery showers

across parts of Scotland.

So here you will need your brolly,

but steady in the wind -

it really will be screaming gales

across these western parts of Scotland.

Maybe a bit of brightness,

particularly to the east of the Pennines.

There maybe the clouds breaking up

across the Welsh hills, and in the south too,

a hint of maybe a little bit

of milky sunshine coming through.

But, essentially speaking,

it's very cloudy and mild out there.

You can see the numbers - 12, 13,14.

There's even a slim chance we might

get up to 15 degrees Celsius.

Here's a look at Christmas Day.

In the evening, more squally showers,

really gusty showers, that is,

moving into northern parts

of England and Wales as well.

This big area of low pressure here -

an old area of low pressure -

that's still Storm Conor

raging out across the Norwegian Sea,

still sending very strong winds

into northern parts of Scotland for Boxing Day.

The warnings in force from the Met Office here.

To the south of that,

the weather is going to be a lot, lot quieter.

Conor is certainly not going to be

affecting the weather further south.

Well, it's still going to be

sending that mild air our way,

but that's pretty much it.

Notice some rain, some gusty showers

across the north here, whereas in the south,

just a few dribs and drabs of rain

during the course of Boxing Day.

Look at these numbers.

Certainly doesn't feel like the end of December.

After all of this wind and big areas of low pressure,

complete change.

High pressure will start dominating the weather

from Tuesday.

Actually, fog may be a problem

rather than wind as we go through Tuesday into Wednesday.

Wednesday morning in particular, I think,

is a candidate for some very thick, perhaps even widespread fog

across parts of England,

particularly central, southern, south-eastern areas.

This high pressure will stick around

through Wednesday and into Thursday.

But in the north-west of the country,

low pressures are trying to push in,

so there will be contrasts across the UK

as we slowly edge towards the end of the year.

So north-western parts of the UK, Scotland, Northern Ireland,

probably more likely to have a bit of a breeze,

maybe some rain at times.

The further south and east you are,

you're likely to have some bright weather,

but remember - there is that risk of thick,

widespread - perhaps widespread -

fog across southern areas.

As we head towards the New Year,

on the cusp of the old and the new year,

there's going to be a battle of milder air

coming in from the south and colder air.

The colder air probably arriving

in just about 2017,

but exactly how this is going to pan out

is still too early to say.

Thanks for watching.