The UK is bracing for windy weather with possible travel disruptions as a low-pressure system approaches during the Christmas travel period.
It’s just under a week until Christmas Day and some of us will no doubt be wondering what the weather has in store for the festive season. The forthcoming big travel weekend may provide some challenges for people on the move, with a deep area of low pressure passing just north of the UK. This will bring windy weather for all, but especially for Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England.
There’ll be gales widely, but more exposed areas of northern and western Scotland, along with the north coast of Northern Ireland, could see gusts of 50-75mph. Yellow weather warnings have been issued because wind gusts this strong will bring a risk of travel disruption – especially for ferries – but also high-sided vehicles. There could also be some localised power cuts.Accompanying the strong winds, all areas will be buffeted with heavy showers or longer spells of rain, with sleet and snow over the hills and mountains.Before I get on to the detail of Christmas Day, it’s worth outlining the definition of a white Christmas for the UK. For the Met Office to declare a white Christmas, a single snowflake has to be observed falling in the 24 hours of the 25th December by an official Met Office observer or automated weather station.White Christmases for the UK are relatively common. Since 1960, around half of the years have seen at least 5 per cent of weather stations record snow falling on Christmas Day. However, there are regional differences, meaning that snow falling on Christmas Day generally tends to be more common the further north and the higher up you go. Widespread snow lying on the ground on Christmas Day happens much less often than snow falling. There have only been four years since 1960 when more than 40% of weather stations in the UK reported snow lying at 9am on Christmas Day – in 1981, 1995, 2009 and 201
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