Hold on..... there is still some hope...
528 line lies South of UK with cold northerlies on Sat 13 December:

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn2643.html


Brendan

Philip Eden is forecasting a mild December at 1.5C above average. That is
a
really quite mild December. I wonder if yet another mild winter means
another hot summer. It is getting a bit boring this is.