Hoping for a White Christmas? There's not a chance in Dorset, according to the current weather forecasts that have it mild and wet.

Temperatures look unlikely to fall below 5C all week, with overcast skies and some rain.

Christmas Eve will start off with showers, before becoming grey and overcast. And Christmas Day is also likely to see some rain, with fairly strong gusts of wind.

The only day this week that is forecast to see any sun is Thursday afternoon. 

The Met Office says: "[There will be] a changeable and at times very unsettled spell of weather as we move through the Christmas period and towards New Year.

"A succession of deep Atlantic depressions will bring bands of heavy rain east across all parts, although sheltered eastern and south-eastern areas should see some reasonable drier interludes too.

"Winds will often be strong, with periods of gales, and the potential for some stormy conditions at times in the northwest."

For those of you travelling to see family, the best likelihood of snow is over high ground in the north, but even that is only around a 15% chance.