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of condensation. The wind blows the clouds over land and they drop their water as rain, sleet or snow. This falls on the land as water, which allows plants to grow and gives us drinking water. Much of the water then flows into lakes and rivers, and is carried back to the sea. Then the process begins again

Scotland. There are still some uncertainties in the details of the forecast for Christmas Day, as Chris explained: “On Christmas Day there’s a chance of showers almost anywhere, and across the high ground of Scotland in particular, these could fall as sleet and snow, which would technically make

briefly turn to sleet or snow over lower ground across the Midlands, East Anglia and areas north of London, although accumulations here are likely to be small.” Rain, sleet and snow will quickly clear eastwards by late morning and any snow at lower levels will soon thaw. On Friday and Saturday

. A warning for snow has also been issued for Northern Ireland and in the south, a yellow warning for rain is in place. A band of rain, sleet and snow continues to slowly push northwards this afternoon, with a second band of rain sweeping in later ❄️☔⚠️ Ahead of this, some sunny spells and a few wintry

and South Wales tomorrow and some may wake up to a few centimetres of snow, with the south coast and far southwest likely to see a mix of rain and sleet. Further snow and hail showers are also expected along northern coasts, especially in northern Scotland. “During the afternoon, a further spell

. There was no record of snow falling at any station in the UK in 2018, or in 2019. The last widespread white Christmas in the UK was in 2010. It was extremely unusual, as not only was there snow on the ground at 83% of stations (the highest amount ever recorded) but snow or sleet also fell at 19% of stations. We also had a white Christmas in 2009, when 13% of stations recorded snow or sleet falling, and 57% reported snow lying on the ground.

Widespread sharp frosts are likely at night and daytime temperatures will struggle to get more than a couple of degrees above freezing by Sunday. Snow is expected during this cold spell, and there is a risk it could be disruptive in some areas. Parts of northeast Britain could see sleet and snow

The weather over the coming weekend is looking cold and rather cloudy with outbreaks of rain or sleet in places and slight snow accumulations over higher ground on Saturday and Sunday.  Some of the rain could be heavy at times in the south-west. As we go into next week, there is a continued risk

April 2019 The averaging period used for the following assessment was 1981-2010. April started off cool with showers and longer spells of rain, bringing sleet and snow to some places especially on high ground. Easterly winds prevailed from the 5th to 18th, and between the 5th and 9th it turned

). Only the far south-west escaped a frost on the 13th, with patchy freezing fog for central and northern counties, most places staying dry, but rain over the south-west, falling as sleet or snow over the moors. The 14th was broadly similar, with some freezing fog patches in central and south-eastern