Showers and blustery gales are on the cards for most of the country as Britons sit down to their Christmas dinner next week.
A powerful Atlantic storm has killed two people, caused travel chaos and threatened the east coast of England with the worst flooding seen in 60 years.
The cold weather could finally be about to end after the second coldest March since records began in 1910.
Expect travel misery in the north as snow and blizzards hit, while other parts of the UK are warned of disruption to come.
Today is likely to be the hottest day this year, but it will be getting cooler and the outlook for the Olympics is far from ideal.
The Foreign Office names two more Britons who died in an avalanche as survivors talk of the tragedy ahead of a memorial service.
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