Issued: 0930hrs Sunday 28th December 2025
Duty forecaster: Dan Graves

Wind shifts northerly after the new year, brining cold wind, snow showers, and sun spells.

A few more days of high pressure holds the cloud in eastern Britain, this breaking down as low pressure builds over Scandinavia, drawing the cold air into the British Isles. Most showers into northern coasts, more scattered on east and west coasts, driest and brightest in southern England.

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New Year's Eve 31/12/25
A fairly widespread frost the morning of New Year's Eve. High pressure centred over Ireland; mixed cloud and sun with patchy morning fog here. Increasingly windy across Scotland with showers arriving into the northwest. Broken cloud and a few sunny spells for other areas but mostly dry, brightest in southern England. Highs at 3 to 5C.
 

New Year's Day 1/1/26
Lower pressure over Scandinavia with high pressure being pushed away to the south of Iceland on New Year's Day. This results in a strong, wintry northern wind bringing snow showers over Scotland, northwest England and Northern Ireland. Showers too into Wales and southwest England. Drier in the souteast of the country with sunny spells and feeling cold. Highs at 3 to 6C.

Friday 2/1/26
Low pressure remains to the east on Friday. The northerly wind giving snow showers over Scotland, Ireland, eastern coasts of England and the west of Wales as well as parts of southwest England. Driest southern England with sunny spells. Cold in the north with highs struggling to reach above 1C in Scotland, nearer 3 to 4C in England, Wales, and southern Ireland.


 

Saturday 3/1/26
More snow showers from the north on Saturday, becoming heavier than previous days in northern parts of Scotland and Ireland. The snow showers well scattered in northeast England and northwest Wales. Elsewhere, largely dry and sunny but cold; morning frost is likely widespread with highs reaching 0 to 3C.


 

Sunday 4/1/26
Another widespread morning frost on Sunday. A further area of snow may arrive in Scotland on Sunday. Wintry showers in western Wales and northwest England as well as Northern Ireland. Brighter and drier in the south of England. Highs at 0 to 3C, though locally warmer southwest England.

Monday 5/1/26
A drier Monday for most with a mix of cloud and sun. Some wintry showers linger in the north, though tending to ease with time. Highs at 2 to 4C.