to the south—west come into northern ireland, wales and south—west england, we are going to see some wetter and increasingly windier weather starting to develop by the end of christmas eve afternoon. mild to the south, greatest chance of seeing some brightness, some sunshine, but cool into the far north—east of scotland. as we move out of christmas eve and christmas day, is this where the front continues to push its way steadily northwards, once again we've still got that colder air sitting across the far north of scotland, so the leading edge they could be a bit of a wintry mix of rain, sleet and snow on christmas day. that will ease away. it will be a pretty nondescript christmas day for most of us, a lot of cloud around yet again, some rain into the northern islands, wales, south—west england, but here it stays on outside, further north and east we keep that cool air. that rain has got to sweep its way steadily northwards, so it will be hanging around for some of us for boxing day, but again, still relatively mild.