Although there stilll is some contradiction between the different models, it really looks like a green Christmas this year.

At least for most Irish and Britons. Only the Highlands have a small chance of 10% for a white Christmas Day at the moment. The best we have to say is that confidence still is relatively low (around 60%).

While Christmas Eve, Christmas day and Boxing Day are likely to see showers and bright intervals with rather mild temperatures, showers over the Scottish Higlands might turn out wintry above 300m asl (1000ft).

So Christmas 2002 looks like an unsettled one at the moment. However, stay tuned. From today on the white Christmas countdown will be published daily.