Early Winter Forecast - Cold and Unsettled

The forecast for the coming Winter season is for another cold one. It will not be as cold as last year in Ireland or the UK. 2009/2010 was the coldest Winter since 1962/63. So what exactly has the coming Winter season got in store and will we have a white Christmas?

Well initially lets start with November which we will use as the first month of the Winter. The coming November looks like it will be a mix between cool and cold weather. There will be rain at times but not the floods that occured in 2009. Lowest temperatures will be in the East of Ireland and overthe North and East of the UK. The end of November is when we will see the first risk of snow. Temperatures overall for the month of November look like they will be in single figures a lot of the time but perhaps a bit milder early on in the month. Rainfall for the month looks below normal and sunshine will be around the average. Frost will occur at times especially late in the month.

Moving on to the Christmas month and December is a month that brings a lot of excitement about the weather. Some people bet on the possibility of a white Christmas. It does not look like there will be snow this Christmas but there may be some frost that will make it feel crisp and Wintry. Early December will have continued the cold theme of late November but then as we reach the second half of the month the Atlantic fronts take hold once again. Temperatures will rise slightly for this and the overall temperature of the month will be just below average. Rainfall will be around the average and slightly above in some places. Sunshine is usually at a premium in December and the last month of 2010 will be no exception.

Early indications for January are for a mixed bag of weather. It will be cool and wet at times and there will be the odd night frost too but it will be nothing like the freezing January of 2010. In fact the average temperature will be above normal in some Southern parts. Sunshine will be normal and rainfall above normal.

And there you have it the Winter Forecast will be updated on a weekly basis and soon to come will be a Christmas blog with the odds of a White Christmas and more.