White Christmas: Met Office gives odds for snow in Northern Ireland on Christmas Day

A spokesman for the Met Office told the News Letter that NI will see temperatures “in double figures” on Christmas Day.

“There is very little chance of a white Christmas in Northern Ireland, ” he said. “The forecast for Christmas Day is that a low pressure area is coming up from the south west which will be bringing warm and wet conditions to most of the south and west of the UK.

“So where any precipitation does fall in Northern Ireland it is going to be falling into the warm air rather than into the cold air to the north east of the UK. You might get some sleet or snow on the high ground [of NI] but by and large there will be no snow for Christmas Day.”

From a UK-wide perspective, any snow that falls on Christmas Day will come on higher ground in northern England such as the Pennines, or Scotland. The Met Office said specific locations for snow are still unclear as the boundary between where cold and milder air will be – and therefore where snow is most likely to fall – is still uncertain.

On December 25, London will see temperatures averaging at 10C, with 5C in Glasgow and 5C-6C in Manchester. Wales will see a very small possibility of light hill snow.

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