The UK is basking in balmy weather for this time of one year but some hopeful punters are quiet dreaming of a white Christmas with a spike in bets positioned on snow to fall this day.
Bookmakers hang reported a surge in customers having a flutter on a flurry of snow in Thirteen of the UK’s most interesting cities.
Aberdeen has the shortest odds at 2-1 for snowfall, while Birmingham and Manchester are both on 6-1 with London trailing on eight-1.
The warmth weather brought out audacious swimmers who took segment in festive dips in the North Sea at Tynemouth as neatly as in the Serpentine Lido, Hyde Park.
A Met Build of job spokesman confirmed it became unseasonably heat – but would possibly per chance per chance per chance per chance no longer rule out snow.
This swimmer made the many of the balmy 12C weather this day and took segment in the Christmas day swim at Porthcrawl, south Wales. Bookies hang taken a flurry of bets on it being a white Christmas, despite the light prerequisites
White Christmas: Twin sisters Caroline and Stephanie Adams, 28, dressed up as angels as they took the drop for the annual Christmas dip in South Wales
Wearing miniature more than a Father Christmas jacket, this swimmer braved the frigid for the festive dip in south Wales
One Christmas reveller became dressed as Father Christmas as she frolicked in the ocean in Brighton. She became there for the annual festive swim in the Channel
The UK is having fun with unseasonably heat weather this Christmas – but that has no longer stopped hopeful punters inserting bets on a white Christmas. This break of day became pictured this morning in Tynemouth
Bookmakers hang reported a surge in customers having a flutter on a flurry of snow in Thirteen of the UK’s most interesting cities. Pictured: The solar rising over St Mary’s Lighthouse in Tynemouth on Christmas morning
The warmth weather enticed out thousands of audacious swimmers to take hang of segment in the annual Christmas swim at the Serpentine Lido in Hyde Park
These hang been some of the swimmers who braved the North Sea’s cool waters on Christmas morning as they took segment in the annual dip at King Edward’s Bay in Tynemouth
These hardy swimmers gathered at the crack of morning time at King Edward’s Bay in Tynemouth to take hang of segment in the annual Christmas Day Dip
Swimmers basked in the 12C heat as they took a dip in the cool waters at the Serpentine Lido, Hyde Park. Despite the warmth weather, the Met Build of job would possibly per chance per chance per chance per chance no longer rule out a white Christmas
Optimistic punters hang rushed to relieve a white Christmas – despite the warmth weather. Temperatures of 12C lured the swimmers to the Serpentine Lido in Hyde Park this morning
This swimmer stopped to rob a breath at the annual Christmas swim at the Serpentine Lido in London’s Hyde Park
Bookmakers hang recorded a spike in having a wager on a white Christmas. Britain is currently experiencing unseasonably heat weather. These swimmers made the most of it at the annual dip at the Serpentine Lido in Hyde Park
They talked about: ‘For most places this would possibly per chance per chance per chance be pretty light. Across England and Wales it can per chance per chance quiet care for around 12C. That in all equity light because the present for this time of one year is 7 or 8C.
‘At some stage in the day a frigid front will cross inwards bringing heavy rain to Northern Eire and northern England.
‘This would possibly per chance per chance well furthermore be pretty windy, with gusts of 70mph for the most uncovered areas equivalent to Cumbria.
‘Then because the evening comes in temperatures will drop pretty rapidly as that band of heavy rain passes thru.
‘It is frequently a white Christmas for hills and better grounds.’
The Met Build of job talked about factors of north Wales will doubtlessly gaze some snow and the north of England and Scotland would possibly per chance per chance per chance per chance furthermore expertise a white Christmas.
Boxing Day is anticipated to hang a shining, dry start but a weather device will push thru southern England bringing with it heavy rain.
Temperatures will drop in the evening and the rain would possibly per chance per chance per chance per chance turn to sleet or snow all around the country.
The Met Build of job spokesman added: ‘It’s grand to predict for Boxing Day, or no longer it is on the verge of sleet and snow. It doubtlessly gained’t stick as a result of there shall be quite a bit of rain around.’
The relaxation of the week is anticipated to be dry and shining.
Coral spokesman Harry Aitkenhead talked about: ‘It’ll be punters having a wager with their hearts in preference to their heads but correct thru the earlier few months now we hang got taken a file possibility of bets on this one year being a white Christmas.
‘We would possibly per chance per chance per chance per chance be paying out long into Boxing Day if snow does fall.’
The definition that the Met Build of job uses to make clear a white Christmas is for one snowflake to be noticed falling in the 24 hours of 25 December somewhere in the UK.
Traditionally they used to make exhaust of a single location in the country to make clear a white Christmas which became the Met Build of job constructing in London.
Nonetheless, with the lengthen in having a wager on the find will gaze a white Christmas, the likelihood of locations hang increased and would possibly per chance per chance per chance now encompass sites equivalent to Buckingham Palace, Belfast (Aldergrove Airport), Aberdeen (Pittodrie – Aberdeen FC), Edinburgh (Castle), Coronation Aspect twin carriageway in Manchester and the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.
As well they analyse the info from their looking out at stations all around the UK to provide a total image of the find snow has fallen or became lying on Christmas Day.
In at the deep atomize: Swimmers dived into the water at Serpentine Lido in Hyde Park this morning
A spokesman for bookmakers Coral talked about the surge of bets on a white Christmas would possibly per chance per chance per chance per chance very neatly be punters acting with their hearts in preference to their minds. Temperatures at Hyde Park for the annual Christmas swim reached a balmy 12C
Ready, topic… The festive swimmers involving to dive into the Serpentine this morning because the country bathed in unseasonably heat weather
Confirming it became unseasonably heat, the Met Build of job talked about it quiet would possibly per chance per chance per chance per chance no longer rule out snow falling in some factors of the UK. Swimmers gathered at Tynemouth seashore (pictured) this morning for the annual Christmas dip
The definition that the Met Build of job uses to make clear a white Christmas is for one snowflake to be noticed falling in the 24 hours of 25 December somewhere in the UK. Pictured: Swimmers at the Serpentine Lido in Hyde Park this morning
Wearing Santa swimming shorts and a Santa hat, this audacious swimmer made the many of the balmy weather to take hang of segment in the annual Christmas swim at the Serpentine Lido in Hyde Park, London
Swimmers Malcom Fidler, 60, and Mallory Smith, sixty 5, spent their Christmas morning wading thru the waves at King Edward’s Bay in Tynemouth
Many of us spent the morning opening presents all around the Christmas tree – but these audacious swimmers took a dip in the North Sea at Tynemouth
One swimmer gave the thumbs as a lot as the digicam as he climbed out of the Serpentine Lido in London’s Hyde Park
Festive swimmers involving to take hang of the drop at King Edward’s Bay in Tynemouth this morning
Hands up even as you are having fun: Kerri Elston Doherty (centre) and Estelle Zauner Maughan (centre left) looked as if it would be having fun with themselves in Tynemouth this morning
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