bumping into the cold air, we could see some significant snow to higher ground, above 200 metres in the highlands before it peters out through the night. further south, it will be a misty and foggy start, a milder start, will be a misty and foggy start, a milderstart, but will be a misty and foggy start, a milder start, but that is certainly worth bearing in mind if you are up and off travelling to see friends and off travelling to see friends and family first thing on christmas eve. the fog will gradually lift into low cloud, the rain easing into scotland, but by the same time down to the south west into northern ireland, wales and south—west england we will see some wetter and increasingly windy weather starting to develop by the end of christmas eve afternoon. mild to the south and the greatest start of seeing some brightness and sunshine but cool into the far north—east of scotland. as we move out of christmas eve into christmas day, as this weather front continues to push its way steadily northwards once again we still have that cold air sitting across the far north of scotland still on the leading edge there could be a bit of a wintry mix of rain, sleet and snow early on christmas day and that will ease away. it's going to be a pretty