The Met Office has reached a verdict on whether or not Brits will wake up to a White Christmas this year but say ‘it is still too early to be certain’ and will continue to provide updates
The Met Office has published its Christmas Day forecast, and it’s not looking good for those Brits holding out hope for a white Christmas.
The national weather bureau has said there will be no snow for Christmas this year. Instead, it predicts that pressure will build as the big day approaches, with December 25 likely to have settled conditions and mild in many parts of the UK.
The Met Office’s Dan Harris said: “Christmas Day itself is likely to be settled, often cloudy, and dry with light winds for the majority. Once again, the far north may be windier, with a small chance of further rain across northwest Scotland.
“Temperatures are expected to be widely mild, so if you are hoping for a blanket of snow across the country on Christmas Day, I’m sorry to say you will be disappointed.”
However, the Met Office have kept a window of possibility ajar, saying that it is still too early to be certain, and they will continent provide updates in the lead up to Christmas.
While chances of a white Christmas are slim, Brits have been warned to brace for a 30-hour onslaught of the white stuff this week.
According to WXCharts, utilising Met Desk figures, Scotland will get the majority of the snowy onslaught on Saturday, December 21, followed by the Midlands and the North East catching the drift by noon.
Manchester and parts of Wales are also thought to catch some of the weather change, too.
The Met Office forecast said: “Temperatures will tend to fluctuate around the seasonal average, with some milder interludes, especially for the south, interspersed with colder polar maritime north-westerlies.
The general trend is expected to be for it to turn colder as the week progresses, with potential for some snowfalls on high ground, especially in the north, and possibly at lower levels in central and northern parts of Britain on occasion, most likely late in the week.”
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