Mainly fine and sunny on Christmas Day

It will be mainly fine and sunny on Christmas Day and most of Boxing Day, the Met Office said on Thursday, though the weather is expected to become mostly cloudy on Sunday and Monday.

Christmas Day will be generally mainly fine with some local increased cloud at intervals. Temperatures will rise to 18 C inland and the east and southeast coast, around 19 C on the remaining coasts and 10 C in the higher Troodos peaks.

Saturday will start of mainly fine, but from the afternoon on there will be increased high cloud.

Sunday and Monday will mainly cloudy, with high cloud.

Temperatures are expected to remain at the same levels on Saturday, edging up a little on Sunday mainly on the west coast and in the higher Troodos peaks and remaining at slightly above the seasonal average on Monday.