Week ahead - December 16, 2024
Breezy, waves of rain
Mostly mild, cool spells

Issued: 1000 Monday 16th December 2024
Duty forecaster: Dan Graves


Breezy much of the week, risk of gales at times. Mixed dry and wet, mild temperatures.

Breezes blowing through next week. Gales are likely for many, especially Scotland and along all coasts. Numerous wet periods come and go, punctuated by drier spells. Short days pose a challenge to any sunlight between wet spells. Generally mild though a cool spell arrives late week.

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Thursday 19/12/24
Low pressure drifts east away from the British Isles on Thursday, breaking up clouds and allowing prolonged periods of sunshine. A fresh breeze from the north with gales possible in northeast areas. Heavy showers for a time along north- and west-facing coasts, some encroaching inland, drier in the south. Showers becoming snow over the hills of Scotland and northern England. A cooler day at 4C in the north, 7C south.


Friday 20/12/24
Mostly clear morning skies in the south soon clouding over. A band of rain associated with a cold front pushes into Ireland and northwest Scotland midday, migrating towards southeast Britain into the night. Showers and sun spells follow the rain. Highs 6 to 7C in most places, up to 9 in Ireland and southwest England.


 


Saturday 21/12/24
Westerly winds strengthen with risk of gales in the west and north. Cloudy in all areas. A cold fronts pushes another band of rain to Scotland and Ireland, continuing towards the southeast. Showers and bright spells after the cold front passes. Highs 6 to 8C, 10C in the southwest and Ireland.


 


Sunday 22/12/24
Cool and windy, risk of gales remaining along coasts, possibly severe in the far north. Showers in Scotland and north England, snow on higher terrain. Further showers western Wales and western Ireland. Eastern Ireland and much of central and eastern England will be dry and cool with sunny spells. Highs at 4C north, 7C south.


 


Monday 23/12/24
Westerly breeze maintaining cloud cover in many places, brighter east and south. Scattered showers possible most places, with longer periods of rain in Ireland and north of the Midlands. Temperatures warming with 9C north, 10 to 12C south.

Tuesday 24/12/24
Westerly winds persist. Cloudy and showery in the west, more persistent in the west and on hills. Mostly cloud elsewhere, though patchy sun possible in the southeast. A mild day with high of 9C in Scotland, 12C elsewhere.


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Week Ahead
General Remarks
Tu, 17.12. cloudy, light rain  - 11° 90%
We, 18.12. cloudy, rain 12° - 14° 80%
Th, 19.12. various clouds, heavy rain  -  80%
Fr, 20.12. cloudy, light rain  -  70%
Sa, 21.12. cloudy, light rain  - 10° 70%
Su, 22.12. various clouds, rain  -  60%
Mo, 23.12. cloudy, light rain  - 12° 50%
Tu, 24.12. various clouds, light rain  - 12° 50%
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