For these dreaming of a White Christmas, the most recent announcement from the Met Workplace won’t be the one you have been hoping for.

The climate company has stated that temperatures over the festive interval might be “notably excessive” because the UK prepares for an unseasonably heat Christmas.

Met Workplace spokesperson Oli Claydon stated it will be a “delicate Christmas” for a lot of with “notably excessive temperatures” over the festive interval, including that this “doesn’t essentially convey sunny skies sadly”.

Mr Claydon informed the PA information company: “The important thing notable issue of the climate by this week actually is the delicate circumstances and better temperatures.

“The danger of ice and any snow that we had over the weekend has diminished, and no notable heavy rain ought to convey any impacts to the transport community.”

The Met Workplace spokesperson stated that Christmas Day can be barely much less delicate though temperatures would nonetheless be round “13C and perhaps 14C”.

He added that temperatures would “tail off” in the direction of the top of the week because the nation braces itself for a polar blast to comb throughout the nation on New Years Day.

The prediction comes because the Christmas getaway comes near an finish and the information of delicate temperatures will come as music to the ears of these set for lengthy journeys, with the chance of climate induced visitors disruption lessened.

AA president Edmund King stated the UK’s roads have “coped comparatively effectively with the visitors”.

He went on: “With Christmas Day falling on a Wednesday, drivers have already had 4 totally different days to journey.

“Most journeys have been comparatively brief, and the bulk have been below 50 miles.

“Strategic roads and motorways close to procuring centres have suffered the brunt of the congestion alongside among the roads affected by hostile climate in Scotland and the North.”

The AA is forecasting there might be round 22.7 million drivers on the street on Monday, with 21.6 million on Christmas Eve.