Overview
- The Met Office issues a yellow freezing fog warning for East Sussex, Kent, Surrey and West Sussex, with visibility dropping below 100 metres and a risk of flight delays including at Gatwick.
- Forecasters expect a wet, windy Friday into Saturday with 20–30mm of rain on western high ground, 50mph coastal gusts and local flooding risks, with another rain band Sunday and a deep low possible early next week.
- WXCharts maps indicate Friday evening snow for towns including Stoke-on-Trent, Crewe, Macclesfield, Sheffield, Carlisle, Dumfries, Hawick, Ayr, Stirling and Perth, though the Met Office keeps short‑term snow signals limited.
- The long‑range outlook for 20 December to 2 January stays changeable with rain and hill snow mainly in the north, colder spells possible, and feels‑like temperatures near −6C in Aberdeenshire.
- Bookmakers now favour Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Newcastle for a White Christmas, but the Met Office says it is too early to pinpoint Christmas Day conditions and notes the official definition requires observed falling snow.