What's a white Christmas, and will we get one this year?
The Naked Scientists Podcast
Dr Chris Smith
4.6 • 957 Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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| 0:13.5 | Without further ado, this is the naked scientists. |
| 0:16.7 | Hello, welcome to the naked scientist podcast. |
| 0:19.3 | This is the program that brings you the biggest breakthroughs |
| 0:21.4 | and talks to the major movers and shakers |
| 0:23.5 | in the words of science, technology and medicine. |
| 0:26.9 | I'm Chris Smith. |
| 0:28.0 | And this week we're asking, |
| 0:29.6 | what is a white Christmas and are we going to get one? |
| 0:48.8 | This week, in partnership with UK research and innovation, we're asking whether it's going to snow on the 25th of December. |
| 0:55.0 | Now, this is frequently called a white Christmas and at this time of year, weather forecasters as well as the bookies are busy looking at the odds. Before we get into how a white Christmas is officially |
| 1:00.9 | defined though, we first need to explore how weather forecasts even get produced and our guide |
| 1:06.5 | for this bit is Ashling Crevy, a meteorologist and an ITV weather presenter. |
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