General Synopsis at 12:00hrs for the UK for the next five days: Xmas Eve: High pressure building in from the NE. Cloudy once again but mostly dry. Any drizzle in the E. Rather cold temperatures. Windy in the channel with gusts to 50mph. Xmas: High pressure over Scotland. Dry and mostly cloudy. A few sunny spells later possible. Windy in the SE and S with gusts to 50mph in the channel. Boxing Day: High pressure ridging in the from the NW. Dry and cloudy and cold to rather cold. A few sunny spells possible. Breezy in the channel and in the W. Saturday: High pressure to the NW. Dry and cloudy with cold to average temperatures. Windy SW and E coasts gusts to 50mph in the E. Sunday: High pressure over the UK. Dry and mostly cloudy. Breezy in the SW and Channel. Cold to average temperatures.
Local Summary for the next five days: A mostly dry and cloudy five days to come. Some drizzle at first. A chance of some sunny spells Xmas day and boxing day otherwise a cloud bore fest. Temperatures mostly around or below average by day. The night likewise with some frosts possible. Winds light to gentle breezes. The pretty high pressure looks set to stay around for a while with most of any cold air being mostly directed into Europe.
Tuesday evening and night: Barometer at 18:00hrs 1025mb rising quickly. Temperatures 5C. Winds a light NE breeze. The evening and night cloudy some drizzle showers. Winds a light to gentle ENE breeze. Overnight low 4C so average to rather mild.
Xmas Eve: A dry welcome to midweek with clear skies. Temperatures 2C to 3C. Winds a light to gentle ENE breeze. Dry with welcome sunny spells. Winds a light to gentle ENE breeze. Temperatures 5C to 6C so rather cold. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1036mb steady. The evening and night dry some cloudy and clear spells. Winds a light to gentle ENE breeze. Overnight low 0C to 2C so rather cold to average. A widespread ground frost.
Xmas day: The day starting dry and cloudy. Temperatures 1C to 3C. Winds a light to gentle ENE breeze. A dry rather cold fairly cloudy day a few sunny spells later. Winds a gentle ENE breeze. Temperatures 5C to 6C. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1032mb steady. The evening and night dry and mostly cloudy. A few breaks Overnight low 0C to 2C so rather cold to average. A widespread ground frost. Winds a light NE breeze.
Boxing day: A dry chilly , fairly cloudy start to boxing day. Winds a light NNE breeze. Temperatures 1C to 3C. A dry day a few sunny spells. Winds a light to gentle ENE breeze. Temperatures 5C to 6C so rather cold. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1034mb rising slowly. The evening and night dry and mostly cloudy. Winds a light to gentle NE breeze. Overnight low 3C to 4C. So average with a patchy ground frost.
Saturday: The new weekend begins dry, rather mild and cloudy. Winds a light NNE breeze. Temperatures 5C to 7C. The day cloudy but dry. Winds a gentle NNE breeze. Temperatures 8C so average. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1040mb steady. The evening and night dry and cloudy. Winds a light N breeze. Overnight low 2C so average a ground frost in places.
Sunday: The new day starts dry and cloudy. Winds a light N breeze. Temperatures 3C. A dry cloudy day. Winds a light NNW breeze. Temperatures 4C to 7C. So cold to average. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1034mb rising quickly. The evening and night dry and cloudy. Winds a light NW breeze. Overnight low 0C to 1C so rather cold to average a widespread ground frost and patchy air frost.