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Disruption possible

Snow or Rain............that's the Q

A decent summary of current thinking from Sarah Lucas there (who's the Keith by the way - need to shake his hand the lucky chap )

A huge amount of uncertainty and a careful watch by all concerned on events next week.

Just saw weather for week ahead - it's a repeat of above, obviously pre-recorded earlier today?

UK Outlook for Wednesday 24 Dec 2014 to Friday 2 Jan 2015:

A band of cloud and rain is likely to be affecting many central parts of the UK at first on Christmas Eve, clearing the southeast later. Colder conditions then spreading to many areas, continuing into Christmas day, with some wintry showers across N areas. Probably becoming increasingly unsettled into the weekend, with the risk of persistent heavy rain, gales and also a risk of significant snow, this more likely across some northern parts. Conditions after Christmas likely to remain predominantly cold across the N, but with the chance of milder interludes across the far south. Otherwise the following week looks perhaps rather cold on the whole, with snow showers likely across many northern areas but milder, wetter interludes possible at times. Generally windy for many throughout.

UK Outlook for Saturday 3 Jan 2015 to Saturday 17 Jan 2015:

The most likely scenario for the coming New Year is for a continuation of changeable, and at times windy weather coming from the Atlantic with the wettest weather probably across western parts of the UK, and eastern parts most likely to see the best of any dry weather. In between the wetter periods there should be drier, brighter, and colder spells. Temperatures are most likely to be around or slightly below average for the time of year with overnight frosts and some snow expected, particularly over the high ground.

Looking at the above it could certainly be a lot worse,

http://t.co/WkGUQWrVYo

Have a look at these , very good

I saw that it does look as though its a NW low

BBC weather update - looks like we won't see a cold spell in January now either!? - This is becoming a deja vu of last year, but just less rain!? I mean 14.5c now - this is ridiculously unseasonably mild. Hope Matty H or someone on admin can create a "No snow Moaning thread!"

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Monthly Outlook

Summary

A cold Christmas, but what about New Year?

Last week, most parts of the country saw particularly varied weather, even by the UK's changeable standards! Cloudy and damp spells brought in by mild westerly winds were regularly interrupted by incursions of colder, clearer air from the northwest. As result, overnight temperatures varied from values more akin to November daytime maxima through to the more seasonal sub zero temperatures that brought some icy patches on other nights. Northern parts of the UK experienced a decent stream of snow showers at times, but all areas saw plenty of mild weather too.

As we head through Christmas week and into the New Year, we look set to continue this varied theme mild and colder spells. Read on to find some of the details...

Monday 22 December—Sunday 28 December

A Christmas chill to feed in from the north?

The festive week gets underway with a familiar scenario. A weather front will lie across Scotland and Northern Ireland, marking the boundary between colder air to its north, and milder air to its south.

In the colder regime, skies will tend to be clearer with spells of crisp sunshine by day, lighter winds and overnight frosts, but there will be the risk of some wintry showers, that will bring some snow to the hills of northern Scotland in particular.

Along the front and to its south, we can expect much cloudier conditions and some prolonged outbreaks of rain, particularly for western facing hills, with eastern areas staying largely dry. The strength of the winds along the front and to its south will also be noteworthy, with particularly blustery conditions anticipated for areas to the east of The Pennines and the far southeast of Scotland early in the week.

Gradually, through Tuesday, Wednesday (Christmas Eve), and Thursday (Christmas Day), the weather front is expected sink southwards, allowing the colder, clearer conditions to reach to all parts by Christmas Day. Most places should become cold, dry and bright by Christmas Day, with just a few snow showers for north and northeast of Scotland. There is just a slight risk at the time of writing that the weather front may slow up a little as it transits southwards across southern Scotlland and Northern England. Should this happen, we could see a more prolonged spell of rain and possibly snow for these parts during Christmas Eve, but this is a low risk scenario.

Boxing day should start off clear and cold again, but as we head into the weekend, a deep area of low pressure is expected to swing in from the Atlantic, bringing some wet and very windy weather, particularly for northwestern parts, with even the risk of a transient period of snow for some more northern parts of the UK.

Monday 29 December—Sunday 4 January

A New Year but back to square one with the weather

The low pressure system that is likely to bring some particularly unsettled weather to northwestern parts of the UK through the previous weekend is expected to clear away to the east fairly readily through the last few days of the year. So at the time of writing, there seems to be a chance that the old year could end and the New Year begin on a relatively dry, clear and potentially chilly note. That said, all the latest weather forecasting techniques and computer models suggest that any such quieter, colder interlude will once again be swiftly replaced by a milder, wetter and windier westerly regime. In effect, this mean a return to the familiar pattern of cold and mainly dry conditions, followed by mild, wet and windy conditions that we have experienced through the last several weeks.

Monday 5 January—Sunday 18 January

Still no real sign of a prolonged cold spell

All the indications are that, as we move through to the end of January, the song remains the same! We continue to monitor the atmosphere and computer models, looking for any indications of a potential change to a less mobile and changeable weather set up over the UK. So far though, any sign of a prolonged cold or milder spell has yet to appear, and for the time being, it seems we will have to contend with large changes in weather conditions on an almost day to day basis! This means that milder, windy and wet spells will likely be interrupted by colder, clearer intervals. Of course, here at the BBC Weather Centre, we will continue to monitor the situation, and will keep you informed of any changes to the longer term forecast.

If that's the case Matty H will be too busy sunbathing 

I reckon you may just have to post in the winter discussion thread 

That is the most positive MetO update I've seen in almost 22 months!

Nice update. 

Just need to model output to stabilise on the cold outlook for at least a couple of model updates, or else we'll see a switch again!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/30568990

Current flooding from stuck fronts across SW Scotland/Cumbria remind of similar floods in November 2009

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-30573411

J Hammond starts his forecast

" from Boxing Day onwards all sorts of fun and games "

Risk of snow if the LP sinks towards the South

J Hammond 21:55

Interesting forecast. He's fairly confident that the low will bomb thanks to the interaction between the unusually mild wedge of air coming up against the pm stuff. The north will do well as usual but that risk of the low dropping south has me a tad interested

Btw, he-who-cannot-be-mentioned is expecting it to turn much less cold over the Christmas period and for flooding to occur as all the snow melts......

Much less cold...when its about to get cold? What a plonker.

The models will have no other choice but to change.

You are joking aren't you? The MetO LRF has pretty much been the only consistently accurate forecast for the last few months.
Give me some examples of where they have been poor and I'll be happy to reconsider.