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28 Dec 2011Mild but windy New Year
28 December 2011 - Met Office forecasts indicate that New Year's Eve celebrations will be rather windy with a mix of cloudy skies and some outbreaks of rain in the north and west.
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Detailed weather forecasts for events.
Generally unsettled, chilly and windy, with rain in northwestern UK.
Remaining very windy, with severe gales and further outbreaks of rain in the north of the UK at first, and hill snow in Scotland. Clearer elsewhere with fewer showers but these may turn to snow over hills in northern England.
Generally chilly, rather cloudy and unsettled, with showers or longer spells of rain chiefly affecting the north and west, with hill snow in the north. Brightest in eastern areas.
Updated: 1514 on Wed 28 Dec 2011