With wild weather , flooding, rail engineering and all those other shoppers do you really want to hit the high street this weekend. The weather won't be all bad but there is more rain in the forecast and some snow.
14 more sleeps and the big day will be here, so that’s under 2 weeks of Christmas shopping time left. Loads of time some will cry, just a few bits left others will murmur. This coming weekend 12/13th sees wet weather for some, cold in the north but enough fair weather for shoppers to venture out.
Temperatures
If you are out early on Saturday it will be cold, only Devon and Cornwall managing to start in the mild air. Frost and ice in the far north. Wales, southern and central England do turn milder during Saturday, even southern parts of N.Ireland could see the mild air creeping in later in the day (some doubt here). Sunday much of England, wales and N.Ireland mild enough, still chilly in Scotland
Cold place Sat. Londonderry 1C Warm place Exeter 13C
Cold palce Sun. Glasgwo 3C Warm palce Penzance 12C
Rain
A dry bright start for many away from the SW. Rain is on the way once more, again for Wales, N.Ireland NW England and into Scotland. Currently Wales, N.Ireland and the West Country look wet on Saturday morning. By lunchtime, Belfast Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff and Bristol will all have seen rain. Hull, Norwich, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Aberdeen should be dry. By mid-afternoon the SW dries up and the rain reaches central southern Scotland, across N. England, still over N.Ireland and Wales with some patchy rain into the SE
For Saturday evening, a central swathe of the UK looks very wet, to the north cold with wintry showers, for much of southern Britain breezy, mild, cloudy but dry.
Most rain Sat. Cumbria and Co.Fermanagh
Strongest winds – Pennines Sat night
Sunday
Even more rain for N.Ireland, this will be one wet weekend here. The band of rain should move from N.England up to the Central belt of Scotland so wet for Glasgow and Edinburgh but still dry and cold further north. Much of England and Wales should then see an okay Sunday, dry but cloudy, not too cold but brisk winds picking up mid-afternoon for W.Britain
Snow
The sleet and snow risk is for N.Ireland, N.Wales, N.England and Scotland. During Saturday, the rain band will move northwards up against cold air. So there could be snow over the hills, higher level routes for a time, mainly wet snow and flurries, doesn’t look like anything significant for N.Ireland, Wales, N.England or S.Scotland. Maybe snow lying for Derry, Pennines and the S.Uplands. Central highland Scotland looks more prone to several cms of snow and there we’ll have to keep an eye on conditions for the Central Belt. There is still some doubt about how far north the rain band will travel and so this affects when and where it interacts with the cold air. Something to keep an eye on, especially if travelling Sat evening in Scotland.
Travel
Some train timetables are already changing for December, check out Christmas schedules here
#StormDesmond; Flooding and landslips meant that trains were unable to run between Carlisle and Glasgow Central / Edinburgh. Lines between these stations reopened yesterday and a full service will run today(10th). However, flood water has damaged some signals near Carlisle and Oxenholme Lake District and trains have to run past these signals at a reduced speed. As a result of this, journey times will be extended. Buses replace trains between Dumfries and Carlisle.
There are also plenty of engineering works at this time of year. London; on most weekends, particularly on Sundays, Waterloo East, London Bridge, Charing Cross and / or London Cannon Street stations will be closed or have very limited services. The Forth Road bridge remains closed until 2016
