Becoming Increasingly SettledAdded : Sunday at 14:30 There has been plenty of rain around recently with the ground in many regions completely sodden and rivers running at fairly high levels, but this has been good news for the reservoirs. The coming days see conditions turning drier for many as high pressure begins to take over providing some respite from the unsettled conditions.
It is the end of December so any area of high pressure at this time of year is always likely to bring a fair amount of cloud, especially if a mild, moist air mass get mixed up, whereas high pressure sourced from colder regions is more likely to bring colder, drier air. This is evident in today's satellite image with the "clear high" to the west of Scotland:
That area of high pressure to the west/northwest of Scotland will be joining forces with high pressure sitting to the south during the next few days, but the cloud associated with a trailing frontal system will end up caught up underneath. Here's the progression of the highs linking up:
The clear skies associated with the high pressure cell from the northwest will affect many northern and eastern regions on Christmas Eve:
Along with the colder temperatures whilst the southwest remains milder but mostly dull:
Where those skies remain clear on Christmas Eve night so it will turn frosty:
With a risk of some fog patches forming too:
Somewhat milder air then begins to make its way north and east around the periphery of that high during Christmas Day and Boxing Day, but this will also bring back the cloud and this, combined with the lingering mist and fog patches, means that by the middle of the week there will be a lot of overcast, dull and quiet weather around, but this will reduce the fog and frost risk by night:
Here's the forecast cloud cover by Boxing Day:
So, yes it will be turning much drier in the coming days then but sunshine amounts will become increasingly limited with anticyclonic gloom likely to be mentioned a lot in the forecasts.
METEOROLOGIST: BARBER |