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Snow is forecast to fall on Christmas Day for the first time in five years tomorrow, but dozens of flood warnings remain in effect across the country.
Many parts of the UK have experienced unstable conditions in the days leading up to the holiday period, with heavy rains falling across large swaths of the country on Wednesday.
This rain will largely stop on Christmas Eve, paving the way for cooler and icy temperatures on the morning of December 25.
Alex Burkill, a meteorologist with the Meteorological Office, told the Palestinian Authority news agency: “The night from Christmas Eve until Christmas Day is going to be very cold, with widespread heavy frosts early on Christmas morning.
“So it could be a ‘white’ Christmas as many people are going to wake up to a frost.”
Christmas Day will be dry and settled in most of the UK, however there may be showers in the eastern parts of England bringing the possibility of sleet or snow in the morning.
Mr Burkill said: “So in the Lincolnshire, Yorkshire area, maybe even East Anglia, there could be some showers for the first few hours and with the cold weather it is not unreasonable that there is a wintry element to them, so some showers could be falling like sleet or snow.
“They will be very light, scattered, not everyone will see them in any way, and in most areas it will be a pretty dry day, just cold.
“But there is a possibility that we may see some snow showers in the eastern parts of England, particularly early on Christmas Day.”
Burkill said a strip of rain will traverse parts of the northwest during the day, particularly in Scotland, which could lead to sleet or snow on higher ground.
The meteorologist later suggested that small amounts of snow could settle on the hills and mountains of Scotland.
He added: “Technically it could be a white Christmas there, but what we can be pretty sure of is that there is not going to be widespread snow, people are not going to wake up to those picturesque layers of snow that many people expect.” for.”
The Met Office has said that Boxing Day will bring a return to unstable weather, with outbreaks of rain in the north moving south along with strong winds.
These conditions are likely to continue in the lead up to the New Year, and outbreaks of rain are likely to occur.
A yellow Met Office warning stretched from East Anglia, through Leicester, parts of Birmingham and north London, and into central Wales and Cornwall, and remained in place until 2am Thursday.
The Environment Agency (EA) had also issued more than 50 flood warnings for England at 9pm on Wednesday, including 14 warnings related to the River Severn on the border with Wales.
Other areas covered by flood warnings included part of the Great River Ouse and the Chediston Watercourse in Suffolk.
Natural Resources Wales issued three other flood warnings.
The Environment Agency also issued a further 146 flood alerts, warning of potential flooding and urging preparedness.
Met Office Five Day Forecast
Today:
The rains will affect parts of Northern Ireland, Wales, the south west and east of England and northern Scotland. The heaviest rains will be in eastern England and in the northern hills the rains will be winter. Well elsewhere. Windy and cold.
Tonight:
Most areas are cold and icy with clear periods. The rains will continue to affect parts of eastern England, winter rains in the hills. Also some showers over Cornwall and West Wales.
Friday:
Fine and dry with some sun for many. The early rains over parts of Cornwall, West Wales and the Far East of England will fade. Cloudier over Scotland with rain later.
Outlook from Saturday to Monday:
A wet and windy period of time on the weekend. Getting colder from the north Sunday to Monday with spells and brilliant rains, these winters in some places. Winds subsiding.
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