Met Office gives verdict on snow today after warmest Christmas Eve in decades

Christmas Day is ready to be the warmest in nearly a decade, with forecasters predicting highs of 14C.

Desires of a White Christmas have been shattered for a lot of the UK, with “very delicate” temperatures persevering with after the nation noticed its warmest December 24 for greater than 20 years.

Nonetheless, some areas in northern Scotland are prone to see some snow, technically making it a White Christmas, which is outlined by the Met Workplace as a single snowflake falling on December 25.

The Met Workplace has stated it’s set to be an official white Christmas within the UK, with snow forecast over the Scottish excessive floor.

Though the forecaster predicted most ought to anticipate a moist Christmas. It added the climate will typically turn out to be cloudier, with rain pushing north and east.

The UK has seen its warmest Christmas Eve in over 20 years.

Temperatures in Heathrow, south-west London, hit 15.3C on Sunday, nicely above common for the time of 12 months, making it the warmest December 24 since 1997.

Met Workplace forecaster Liam Eslick informed the PA information company: “It’s been an exceptionally delicate couple of days throughout the entire UK, temperatures have been nicely above common for the time of 12 months, the utmost for December being 7C.

“Temperatures immediately have reached 15C in fairly just a few areas throughout the UK, the best being 15.3C in two areas – one in Heathrow and one in Cippenham, Berkshire.”

Christmas Day can also be set to be the most popular in years with components of the UK anticipated to hit 14C.

Hundreds of thousands of travellers are on the roads, railways and planes on Christmas Eve within the last journey surge earlier than 25 December, Simon Calder stories:

Rail passengers specifically have confronted a litany of issues within the build-up to Christmas, with Storm Pia combining with employees scarcity to disrupt trains inside Britain.

Eurostar made 30 cancellations to and from Continental Europe on Thursday, when the Channel Tunnel closed due to a strike – wrecking the plans of 25,000 passengers.

No trains will run within the UK on 25 December 2023. However lots of the 20 million Brits with no automotive can get pleasure from higher public transport on Christmas Day than ever – from Aberdeen to the Isle of Wight and South Wales to East Anglia.

The most effective service of all is on the Isle of Wight, with common buses from 8am to midnight.

Our journey correspondent, Simon Calder, has rounded up the choices:

Only a few home flights will function on Christmas Day. People who do are primarily to attach with worldwide companies at London Heathrow.

British Airways is working three flights every manner between Edinburgh and Heathrow, and 4 every manner linking Glasgow and Manchester with Heathrow.

Most fares are very excessive, however the 6.15am from Glasgow to London Heathrow is promoting at solely £55.

Christmas Day can also be set to be the most popular in years with components of the UK anticipated to hit 14C.

A White Christmas has been dominated out for a lot of the nation, other than the mountains of northern Scotland.

Met Workplace forecaster Dan Stroud stated: “The temperatures will peak immediately, there’s a slight downward pattern in temperatures for Christmas Day however we’re nonetheless anticipating them to be comfortably above common.

“We’re 13 and 14C tomorrow, we’re in all probability wanting the warmest Christmas Day since 2016, once we really hit 15.1C.”

The warmest December 25 on document was 15.6C in 1920, whereas the best Christmas Eve temperatures of 15.5C have been set in Aberdeen and Banff in Scotland in 1931.

Mr Stroud stated the UK is drawing in southern, hotter air.

Monday is ready to be damp for a lot of the nation, with heavy rain doable in Wales.

Two separate yellow wind warnings have been issued by the Met Workplace in Scotland and northern and central areas of England for Christmas Eve, saying folks ought to anticipate journey disruption, injury to buildings and energy cuts, whereas the remainder of the nation may even see showers.

Forecasters say gusts of as much as 56mph hit components of the Isle of Wight and Northern Eire on Sunday morning.

Wind speeds of as much as 70mph have been recorded in Scotland later within the day, reaching 60mph within the north-east of England.

Christmas Day might be the warmest on document the Met Workplace has stated, regardless of the specter of snow in components of the nation.

The forecaster expects unseasonably delicate temperatures throughout a lot of the UK on Monday, within the early to mid-teens.

The most well liked Christmas Day on document was 15.6C in 1920, and there’s a likelihood – albeit a small one – this might be matched and even overwhelmed, the Met Workplace says.

Meteorologist Liam Eslick stated there could also be snow on December 25 on mountains in Scotland however it’s “not wanting possible that there will probably be a white Christmas in England”.

He added that Christmas Day is predicted to be rather a lot milder than traditional, with the typical December temperature between 7C and 8C, however the prime temperature that might be seen this December 25 is 14C.

The warmest Christmas Day on document was 15.6C in 1920, so there’s a “small likelihood” of it being a document, Mr Eslick added.

A lot of the nation will probably be damp on Monday, with heavy rain doable in Wales, although it’s anticipated to brighten up after lunchtime.

As traditional, no trains will run within the UK on 25 December.

However from Aberdeen to the Isle of Wight and South Wales to East Anglia, lots of the 20 million Britons who don’t have any entry to a automotive will have the ability to entry higher public transport on Christmas Day 2023 than ever earlier than.

Thriving competitors between coach corporations means document long-distance companies will run on 25 December.

On the Cardiff-Bristol-Heathrow airport-London route, Megabus passengers can select from 4 departures every manner.

In Scotland, Glasgow is related with Edinburgh by a dozen Citylink buses in both course.