THE Met Office have given a verdict on a white Christmas as they revealed the dates snow could hit.

Brits have already been facing wet and windy conditions as the wintry weather continues to bite.

Now, meteorologists have given a clue as to what the weather may be like on Christmas Day.

And some could experience a white Christmas as the Met Office anticipates the possibility of snow during the festive season.

Meteorologists at the weather service have forecast “unsettled” weather leading to the weekend before Christmas.

While long-range forecasts are subject to change, the Met Office’s extended verdict suggests the potential for snow towards the year’s end in some regions.

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However, the forecaster added that conditions are "more likely" to remain "generally mild and wet" during the festive period.

The full Met Office long-range forecast for December 25 to January 8 read: "More likely to be unsettled compared to the preceding settled spell with bands of rain crossing the UK with brighter conditions and showers in between.

"The wettest and windiest conditions are most likely in the west and northwest.

"The chance of a colder spell of weather, with hazards such as snow and ice, does increase later in December and into the New Year period.

"However, on balance conditions are more likely to remain generally mild and wet."

As it is only a long-range forecast, this prediction is subject to change with Christmas being weeks away.

Families hoping to go sledging must wait a little longer for confirmation, given that the Met Office can only accurately forecast snow up to five days beforehand.

From 15 December to 24 December, the Met Office predicts that “for most locations” there will be a “continuing trend to more settled weather into the weekend as high pressure builds close to the southwest of the UK”.

It said that Scotland is likely to remain in a “more wet and windy regime with westerly winds”.

And it added that “the wettest weather is likely across western high ground, mainly in Scotland and occasionally parts of Northern Ireland and northwest England”.

It comes as Brits were warned of two days' worth of yellow weather alerts this week after being battered by two storms.

The Met Office warned Storm Fergus would bring "strong winds and heavy rain" yesterday and today – just after Storm Elin battered the country with strong winds and downpours on Saturday.

Both storms, named by Irish Meteorological Service Met Éireann, saw bands of rain sweep across Wales, along with northwest England and southwest Scotland.

A whopping 1.5 inches of rain fell at Blencathra, in the Lake District, yesterday as much of England got a drenching.

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Meanwhile, the Met Office recorded provisional peak gust of 81mph was recorded at Capel Curig, Wales.

A fresh flood warning for York was issued this morning as the River Ouse burst its banks, leaving properties and vehicles partially submerged.

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