{"id":122598,"date":"2023-12-19T11:09:46","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T11:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=122598"},"modified":"2023-12-19T11:09:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T11:09:46","slug":"met-office-verdict-on-a-white-christmas-as-only-one-flake-needs-to-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/world-news\/met-office-verdict-on-a-white-christmas-as-only-one-flake-needs-to-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Met Office verdict on a White Christmas as only one flake needs to fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Are you dreaming of a White Christmas? If so, then perhaps it\u2019s time to reign in your hopes of winter wonderland landscapes.<\/p>\n

At least that\u2019s the message from the Met Office which has said that it only takes one snowflake to make it an official white Christmas.<\/p>\n

And although we could see some of the white stuff on December 25 it\u2019s not likely to accumulate.<\/p>\n

Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist, Helen Caughey, said: \u201cAs 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cElsewhere, while it is likely at first to be mostly dry there is the potential for rain approaching from the west later on.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs this moves east, we may see rain turning to snow, at least over high ground. It\u2019s unlikely that we will see widespread or settling snow giving any proper accumulations.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cAlthough technically it might be a white Christmas, don\u2019t get your hopes up for a picture-perfect white landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n

New weather maps from WXCharts show that snow is most likely in central areas of Scotland on Christmas Day – from the top of the country and down to Edinburgh. By Boxing Day the whole of the UK looks clear of snow.<\/p>\n

The Met Office has one weather warning in place for wind across central and northern areas of the UK on Thursday, December 21.<\/p>\n

Helen said: \u201cWind speeds will increase from the northwest through Wednesday evening and overnight, so that by Thursday there is a risk of gusts of 50-60mph for a large swathe of central and northern parts of the UK.<\/p>\n

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