UK Outlook for Tuesday 25 Dec 2007 to Thursday 3 Jan 2008: A mild but rather breezy westerly type will dominate, especially across Scotland and Northern Ireland, where there may be gales on some days, whilst southern areas see some settled interludes with lighter winds. This at times rather changeable weather will continue through much of the period, particularly in the north, where rain could turn to sleet or snow over the mountains at times, but with sunshine and showers in-between systems. The best of the drier, sunnier spells will be in the south and east of the United Kingdom, although there will be some rain in these parts too, notably early in the period. Temperatures will be mostly near normal, with frosts possible in all areas, but with the main frost risk occuring between passing weather systems. Updated: 1201 on Thu 20 Dec 2007 http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/uk_...st_weather.html