Here is a summary of the latest NWP output for noon on Tuesday. Issued 0555,
6 Jan 06.

The models continue to show a mobile spell for the middle of next week,
although with high pressure never that far away from the SE of England the
rain may be quite light there compared with the rest of the UK.
Beyond that the GFS shows the high lurking to our east eventually having
another go at retrogressing, reintroducing easterlies by the middle of the
month. A couple of other runs back that up in the GFS ensembles, but the
general pattern is a mobile one with temperatures at or above average in the
main.

ECMWF: http://217.160.75.104/pics/Recm1201.gif
A secondary low lies to the west, bringing SW'lies for all. There are
further SW'lies at T+144 as a trough moves eastwards, followed by
southerlies at T+168 from a low to the NW.

MetO: http://217.160.75.104/pics/Rukm1201.gif
MetO shows complex low pressure over the Denmark Strait, with a mixture of
westerlies and SW'lies for the UK. A ridge builds over England at T+144,
bringing SW'lies there as well as to Northern Ireland and Wales. Scotland
lies under westerlies.

GFS: http://217.160.75.104/pics/Rtavn1201.png
A trough covers Ireland, bringing westerlies to Northern Ireland and SW'lies
elsewhere. A ridge builds over England and Wales at T+144 and the rest of
the UK lies under southerlies. By T+168 a trough approaches from the west
with southerlies for all.

GEM: http://meteocentre.com/models/glb00_120.html
The Canadian model shows a mobile westerly flow over the UK with lows to the
north and west.

GME/DWD:
http://www.wetter.com/home/img/sat/g...060000_120.gif
DWD brings a weak, transitory ridge over the UK with lows to the NW and NE.
Winds are westerlies for most, with SW'lies over Northern Ireland. SW'lies
cover all areas at T+144 due to a trough to the west.

JMA: http://217.160.75.104/pics/Rjma1201.gif
The Japanese run shows SW'lies for all due to the UK being sandwiched
between a high to the east and a low to the NW. SW'lies continue to affect
the UK at T+144 as a ridge from the European high builds over the UK.

NOGAPS: http://217.160.75.104/pics/ngp10.prp.120.europeg.gif
Westerlies cover the UK with a trough over the North Sea and a deep low over
the Denmark Strait.

KMA: http://www.kma.go.kr/kma03/gif/g21nh_smsr_120.gif
As with NOGAPS, the UK lies under westerlies again with a trough to the
east.