The question on many Londoners lips right now may be, will we get a white Christmas this year?
But snow is not expected on Christmas Day in London. Although sun had previously been forecast by BBC Weather, cloudy skies are expected on the 25th.
On Tuesday, Londoners can expect the weather to be dry with clear skies. "These conditions will persist throughout the overnight period with a small chance of a few patches of cloud drifting in towards dawn," BBC Weather said. Wednesday morning will be largely dry and cloudy with a few spots of light rain.
As we get closer to Christmas, there will be more cloud and some bright spells. There will be scattered light showers on Friday morning with some sun in places too, turning drier overnight and into Saturday, with just a few spots of rain likely to linger in a few spots. Heavy rain is possible late on Saturday.
In the rest of the UK, we could be set for a white Christmas, according to the latest Met Office forecast. The Met Office says cold conditions in northern parts of the UK will lead to wintry showers over the weekend and frost on Monday.
Met Office deputy chief meteorologist Helen Caughey said: "As we begin Christmas Day wintry showers initially feeding in across the north in the colder air mass would technically make it a white Christmas, as we only need to see a single flake falling.
"Elsewhere, while it is likely at first to be mostly dry there is the potential for rain approaching from the west later on. As this moves east, we may see rain turning to snow, at least over high ground. It’s unlikely that we will see widespread or settling snow giving any proper accumulations.
"Although technically it might be a white Christmas, don’t get your hopes up for a picture-perfect white landscape."
