Lifton (Devon) weather

Headline:

Settled over the Christmas period, with cold winds.

This Evening and Tonight:

Remaining dry this evening and overnight, with variable amounts of cloud allowing some clear spells to develop. A colder night than recent, with clear skies allowing a slight frost possible in some rural areas. Still rather windy. Minimum temperature 0 °C.

Thursday:

Mostly dry with plenty of sunshine in the east. The far west of the region will be cloudier, perhaps with a few rain or sleet showers. A cold, blustery wind. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Largely dry on Boxing Day and through the weekend with variable cloud cover. Some clear or sunny spells. Cold throughout with some night frost, and windy for a while.

High pressure is likely to dominate across the UK through to the end of the year, centred to the west over the North Atlantic. This will likely maintain relatively settled conditions at first, but with a few showers possible along some coasts exposed to the northerly wind. Towards the first weekend of January, high pressure is likely to shift a little farther away from the UK, allowing a greater chance of more changeable conditions to develop. This will bring an increased risk of some rain or showers at times which, with cold air close to the UK, may bring some wintry hazards to some places. Temperatures will probably be near or slightly below average for this period overall.

High pressure will probably lie close to the UK through much of this period and bring a large amount of dry and settled weather, especially in the south, with rainfall most likely in the north. Temperatures are expected to be close to or slightly below normal. Toward the end of this period there is potential for more changeable or unsettled conditions to develop more widely.