Windy and mostly dry weather forecast for Christmas period

IT’S more likely to be a windy Christmas than a white one, with forecasters warning of blustery conditions and rain for many parts of the country.

As the country gears up for the festive break, the weather is set to remain fairly cloudy and grey but apart from patches hear and there it will hopefully remain dry.

While Wales has seen snow this December, none is expected over the festive period.

The Met Office has said today will see some rain and mist early on but this will gradually disperse leading to brighter spells, particularly in the east.

As we head into the weekend and Christmas Day, the weather will be mainly mild and cloudy and will become increasingly breezy with rain at times.

Met Office meteorologist Emma Sharples said: “On Friday it will be cold and fairly mild with drizzly rain in the morning in south-east Wales and the Cardiff area, but it will become dryer unless you’re on the hills and the coast. Moving into the weekend, we start to see a change with high pressure on the rise from the west, but the only thing that will change is seeing wind developing in the later part of the day into Christmas Eve.

“On Christmas Eve itself there will be patchy rain but nothing particularly heavy and the same for Christmas Day, a breezy day with quite a lot of cloud and a little bit of rain overnight. On Boxing Day it will also be breezy and windy, not a complete washout but not completely dry where wind breaks.”