afternoon. still going to be mild in the central belt. possibly 17 degrees in east anglia on the southeast of england. the previous, warmest new year�*s eve was in 2011, where temperatures reached 111.8 celsius. it stays very mild into the evening if you will be seeing in the new year. this is the weather we�*re expecting. patchy rain accompanied by a strong southerly wind, but that of course is going to be the mild air going. we�*ve got a band of rain to sneak its way eastwards which will be followed by brighter weather, some sunshine and some showers. heavy ones for western scotland and northern ireland. still very mild for new year�*s day, which is why the 14—16 . the weather starts to change a bit because that really mild air is getting pushed away from the uk and our wind direction is more of a west to south