Tyne Tees Northumberland

Today:

Dry, misty and rather chilly at first with possible local grass frost. The day will continue dry with variable cloud and some sunny spells likely. Feeling pleasant by midday with light or moderate southerly winds, perhaps gusty on hills. Maximum temperature 13 °C.

Tonight:

Cloud will increase through the evening and night with mist and fog on hills. Winds will fall light and variable. Becoming rather chilly in some rural valleys. Minimum temperature 2 °C.

Friday:

Mainly cloudy with fog on hills, and perhaps occasional drizzle. Cloud will tend to lift during the day with occasional sunny intervals possible. Generally mild with light winds. Maximum temperature 13 °C.

A carefully selected Christmas tree has been chopped down in Kielder - ready for a long journey to London.

Ross went to join the in the festive felling:

Very windy with persistent, and sometimes heavy, rain spreading in from the west this evening.

Becoming mostly clear and dry with winds easing shortly after midnight, although a few blustery showers are still possible in the west.

Minimum temperature 7 °C.