Britain forecast deep freeze in just days as mercury hits 0C and weather maps turn ice blue

The past fewer days person been unseasonably mild but upwind chats amusement a acold drawback heading for parts of the UK with temperatures acceptable to plummet adjacent week with minus figures successful immoderate areas

The UK is acceptable to participate the heavy frost successful a substance of days arsenic the mild temperatures travel to an extremity with sub-zero conditions, according to caller forecasts.

The past fewer days person been unseasonably mild, with temperatures reaching an above-average 16C implicit the past weekend. But weather chats amusement a acold drawback heading for parts of the UK with temperatures set to plummet adjacent week.

Weather maps from WXCharts amusement the mercury falling to zero successful Scotland connected November 17, portion forecasts from Ventusky amusement that conditions are acceptable to driblet beneath freezing the pursuing time with parts of England acceptable to spot temperatures of -1C connected November 18. New Ventusky forecasts amusement parts of Cumbria astir Penrith and North Stainmore are owed to spot temperatures beneath freezing connected the greeting of November 18.

One wintertime overview illustration from WXCharts besides shows flakes falling successful the northbound of England, Wales, Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland connected Tuesday November 19. Forecasters, meanwhile, person said portion determination are nary "wintry blasts expected", Brits should inactive brace for "big changes".

"There are presently nary storms oregon wintry blasts expected crossed our shores arsenic precocious unit and settled upwind proceed to dominate, but we should inactive expect immoderate large changes during the 2nd fractional of the month, arsenic the settled and mild to lukewarm upwind gives mode to much unsettled, colder conditions and aboriginal wintry blasts,” forecaster James Madden, from Exacta Weather said successful a caller long-range forecast.

“The upwind wants to beryllium benignant and mild to lukewarm until astir mid-November connected my projections, with the worst of conditions coming from immoderate expected fog and processing frosts from acold overnight conditions astatine times during these types of developments. However, we should inactive expect those bigger changes to immoderate further stormy and adjacent wintry conditions astatine times during the 2nd fractional of November, perchance a small earlier."

In the shorter term, the Met Office is predicting a adust and agleam decorativeness for astir places connected Tuesday with immoderate showers successful the westbound portion Wednesday is forecast to beryllium mostly cloudy and adust day, with a fewer spots of rainfall imaginable successful the west.