The very mild final weekend of 2018 continues! Temperatures will remain way above their long term average with a "taste of spring" in the the air for some of us. Around the New Year we should start to see temperatures beginning to fall back with the arrival of night frost.
Sunday is off to a dry start away from western Scotland and north-west England where we've got some patchy rain. There's a lot of cloud but we do have a few brighter breaks too. Temperatures are very mild - Widely into "double digits" once again.
Through the day we'll keep a lot of cloud across the country but some bright or sunny spells could develop - These always most likely in the south and east. In the west there remains plenty of cloud with some light rain or drizzle in a few places. Temperatures will be very mild with a range from 10c to 13c across the country.
Tonight plenty of cloud remains across the country. Most places stay dry but western coasts and hills could have more patchy rain or drizzle. It will be another mild night for all of us.
New Years Eve brings cloud and showery outbreaks of rain to north and west Scotland with light rain or drizzle possible for Northern Ireland and north-west England. Elsewhere most parts will be dry and there could be a little more in the way of brightness compared to recent days in the south and east.
New Years Day should see skies brightening more widely across the country with plenty of sunny spells likely. Temperatures will still be relatively mild but they will be edging back compared to recent days.
The middle part of the week sees the UK under high pressure and on the periphery of very cold air which will be plunging through central Europe. The main part of these cold temperatures will stay to our east but we will import enough of this cold air into the UK to see a significant reduction in temperature.
Wednesday starts off with a widespread frost but the day itself should be dry and fine with sunny spells. Temperatures will be quite cold though.
Thursday and Friday keeps high pressure going across the country with more sharp overnight frost and chilly days. There should be decent sunny spells although Scotland and Northern Ireland might be turning cloudier again by Friday afternoon.
High pressure now looks set to stay with us into next weekend so the dry, quiet spells goes on. Scotland and Northern Ireland could have more of an Atlantic wind so it's likely to be cloudier and damper at times here but England and Wales should remain dry with sunny spells but also chilly temperatures.
Today's main video update will look at the weather for the next week to ten days but we'll start with a seasonal model round-up for January to March - Late Winter - 2019.
