Issued: 0900 Tuesday 10th December 2024
Duty forecaster: Dr. Simon Keeling

Dry and cloudy with periods of drizzle before turning breezier with more mixed weather next week

High pressure bringing plenty of cloud and some mist and fog patches. Mostly dry weather, although some drizzle on hills. Becoming brighter through the end of the week and into the weekend with a strong west to southwest wind developing. Rain in the far north of Scotland with heavier rain in southern England, becoming more unsettled for all.

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Friday 13/12/24
A warm front passing east through Scotland bringing cloud and a few spots of drizzle over northern and western Scotland. Cloudy for England and Wales, some drizzle in northwest England and the west and north of Wales. A few brighter spells developing in eastern England although generally murky and mostly dry and cloudy. More cloud in Ireland, brighter in the northwest. Highs at 5 to 7C.

Saturday 14/12/24
A cold front slipping south through Saturday. This brings patchy rain to northern England, Wales and the Midlands, slowly clearing from East Anglia and southern England in the afternoon. Brighter weather in Scotland, Ireland and northern England reaching all areas. Highs at 4C in northern Scotland, 7C in the south.


 

Sunday 15/12/24
High pressure south of the country on Sunday. A strong west to southwest flow across northern areas with a front bringing some rain to northern and western Scotland. Elsewhere cloud breaks with a few sunny spells in central and eastern areas. Highs at 8C in northern Scotland, 12C in southern England.


 

Monday 16/12/24
High pressure south of the British Isles on Monday. This brings more mostly dry weather. However, there will be cloud and drizzle over western and southern facing coasts and hills. More persistent rain in western and central Scotland. Highs at 7C in northern Scotland, 12C in southern England.


 

Tuesday 17/12/24
High pressure remains to the south on Tuesday. Cloud and some drizzle afecting western and southwestern coasts and hills. Drier with some brighter weather in central and eastern England. Rain and wind in northwest Scotland and Northern Ireland. Highs at 7C in northern Scotland, 12C in southern England.

Wednesday 18/12/24
Brighter and colder in Scotland, some wintry showers in the north. Patchy rain in northern England. More persistent rainin Wales and southern England and Ireland, some heavy. Highs at 4C in northern Scotland, 11C in the far south of England.