The freeze looks set to ease its grip later on in the week, especially in northern regions, where temperatures may get back close to the seasonal average average for a time. Southern areas are likely to stay colder, and later on in the weekend temperatures will probably begin to all away again nationwide. During next week we are expecting increasingly cold and wintry conditions to push back across the whole country, and later on there could be further heavy snowfall in places. There is the potential for another very spell of wintry weather during the middle part of the month, and we are keeping a close eye on how this develops.
At the moment there is no end in sight to the predominantly cold weather, and all areas are likely to be at risk of further sleet or snow as we head towards Christmas Will it, won’t it ? But the dryness will be the real story
Following back to back cold winters for much of the UK, there is a lot of focus whether this year will follow suit. However, with temperatures forecast to be close to or slightly below average, we believe the most significant aspect of this winter will be the very much below average winter rainfall following on the back of a largely dry summer for parts of the UK and very likely dry spring to follow. By week two. December 8th-14th, a weak ridge of high pressure may well dominate at first in the north with low pressure across the south so unsettled in the south with outbreaks of rain or perhaps hill sleet but drier further north with some sunshine in Scotland and remaining very cold at night with severe frosts but a lot of low cloud and fog about centrally, some freezing at times. By the 9th or so probably becoming a lot more unsettled everywhere as deep lows develop across the UK, there may be one to the south and to the north in fact; generally rather windy with local gales & outbreaks of rain, sleet and hill snow, some heavy, giving accumulations, this more esp in the north. Through until midweek further south generally cloudy with rain and heavy showers at times, possibly of hail with thunder near coasts and probably cold enough for some sleet and snow again in the showers after midweek as the winds turn more N’ly. Some slight or moderate frosts at night in sheltered places with icy patches inland. The week ending a bit more settled everywhere as the wintry showers die out from the west and a high pressure ridge returns. The showers keeping to east and NE facing coasts, penetrating less inland and night frosts developing more widely inland.
Temperatures generally well below average for most parts but just below average in the south and SW with some very chilly nights too. Rainfall should be near average everywhere but locally above average in the north west; sunshine rather below average for most though locally in the east and SE nearer the average.
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