Some windy days coming up and a look at the weather for Christmas Day

December, these days, always seems mild.

It always seemed much colder years ago, and this December has been no different, reflects Oldham weather expert Jon Baylis.

Temperatures on Wednesday morning were into the teens in some places, so Jon believes a White Christmas is on-hold for another year.

Here's his latest in-depth forecast:

Today (Thursday): Much colder air now in place with a fresh west-to-northwesterly airflow.

A decent day though, with sunny spells and most showers out to the west, which could fall as hail.

Windy, making it feel colder (like 0°C).

Ground-frost developing later but lifting as cloud arrives later in the night.

Max 6°C Min 3°C.

Friday: Back to the mild and wet.

Cloud thickening during the morning with rain pushing east late-morning and into the afternoon.

Drier into the evening. Windy.

Max 9°C Min 6°C.

Weekend: Very windy at times, some wintry showers and eventually colder.

Saturday: A weather-front will bring some patchy rain from the north-west during the morning, turning showery later.

Tightly-packed isobars means a strong and gusty wind will be present, with gusts to 50mph.

Possible warning could be issued but as for a named-storm, this for now, seems unlikely.

Max 10°C Min 4°C.

Sunday: Colder air will have followed in behind those showers and with it again being a windy day (45mph), the wind-chill will be notable (0°C).

Generally cloudy with some showers, which could be wintry on the tops and fall as hail in places.

Max 6°C Min 4°C.

Outlook: Damp and mild at first but hopefully drier for Christmas Day with high pressure building leading to some bright spells and mild with temperatures of about 10-12°C.

The following days look good; dry with sunny spells developing and feeling pleasant in any sunshine with light winds and maximum temperatures into double-figures.

No chance of a White Christmas.

Follow @ChadWeather on X and Bluesky for the latest weather forecasts and warnings.

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