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Unsettled weekend ahead of Christmas
The weather is turning more changeable for the end of this week and weekend with some wet and very windy weather for many.
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UK 5 day weather forecast
Headline:
Sunny spells but wintry showers in the north.
Today:
Early cloud clearing the southeast through the morning leaving sunny spells for many parts. Frequent wintry showers continuing in the north and west with some strong gusts around the coasts. Feeling cold in the brisk northwesterly wind.
Tonight:
Showers and winds easing during the evening with clear spells developing. Cloud and wind increasing in the northwest with rain later. Short lived frost forming under the clear skies.
Friday:
Band of rain moving eastwards through the day. Turning showery behind in the west but easing through the evening. Fresh winds with temperature turning milder once again.
Outlook for Saturday to Monday:
Increasingly windy through the weekend with gale force winds in the north with some wintry showers. Temperatures staying mild for December but settling down by Monday.
Updated:
UK long range weather forecast
The start of this outlook sees the onset of a relatively prolonged period of settled weather, as an area of high pressure becomes established across much of the UK, probably centred over or just to the south of England. Early on, this will confine spells of rain and wind to the northwest of Scotland, though rain could become quite persistent here for a time. Later on, it may become settled in the northwest too, but confidence in the position of the north/south boundary between settled and unsettled steadily lowers through the period. Becoming widely mild, perhaps exceptionally so in some places, but also often fairly cloudy, although clearer spells overnight may lead to localised frost and fog.
Updated:
Often settled across southern areas, with fairly dry, mild, but cloudy conditions dominating overall. More unsettled further north, with majority of periods of rain, and stronger winds, affecting this region, especially northwest Scotland. Whilst colder, brighter, and potentially wintry spells cannot be ruled out, particularly early in the period, overall temperatures have a greater than normal chance of being above average.
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