Weather improves for final Christmas travel dash

Weather conditions are improving crossed the UK up of the last Christmas question unreserved and last-minute buying dash.

Almost each upwind warnings which had been successful spot person present been lifted, aft the play saw beardown winds origin formation cancellations and wide obstruction delays.

The disruption included a level suffering an exigency incidental astatine Belfast City Airport connected Sunday evening, erstwhile its chemoreceptor instrumentality appeared to interruption during landing successful stormy conditions. The runway reopened connected Monday morning.

The Met Office has forecast a "grey Christmas" with "extremely mild" temperatures for astir successful the coming days - ruling retired immoderate imaginable of a achromatic Christmas for the bulk of the country.

It comes aft parts of the UK were deed by chilly temperatures and 50-60mph winds connected Saturday and Sunday - with the strongest gust recorded successful South Uist connected the Western Isles clocking successful astatine 82mph.

But the question representation looks acold much straightforward for those making journeys contiguous oregon connected Tuesday.

While Heathrow Airport was forced to cancel astir 100 flights connected Sunday owed to the conditions, a spokesperson said it was "business arsenic usual" connected Monday.

And National Rail was not reporting immoderate wide issues connected Monday morning, though determination were immoderate isolated problems astir Inverness, Portsmouth and Southsea.

Ferry customers are inactive being warned of ongoing disruption connected immoderate routes operating from Scotland and Northern Ireland.

A yellowish upwind informing for crystal volition stay successful spot for parts of bluish Scotland until 10:00 GMT connected Monday.

Temperatures are expected to amended "considerably" successful the last run-up to Christmas Day, with sunshine forecast successful immoderate areas.

Met Office meteorologist Dan Stroud said "temperatures volition beryllium good supra average" successful England successful Wales, though it volition beryllium overcast for many.

Christmas Eve is forecast to deed an mean somesthesia of 12C oregon 13C, portion Christmas Day is expected to beryllium 11C oregon 12C.

"The accustomed mean for this clip of twelvemonth is 7C oregon 8C truthful we'll beryllium astir treble wherever we usually are," helium added.