Overview
- High pressure to the west and northwest continues to dominate through year‑end, keeping most areas dry and feeling cold.
- Cloud is increasing with occasional light rain or drizzle, especially over northern England and eastern Scotland and on higher ground, with highs around 5–9C in a brisk easterly to northeasterly breeze.
- Overnight frost and freezing fog are likely where skies clear, with a particular risk across northern and western Scotland.
- Around the turn of the year a North Sea low is possible, bringing a brief spell of wetter, windier conditions mainly in northern and northeastern areas, with wintry hazards possible and details still uncertain.
- Early January is most likely to turn back more settled, colder and drier overall, though some showers or windier interludes remain possible.