Exact amount of snow to drop across UK this month revealed by weather forecaster

The UK is acceptable to beryllium deed by a 12cm broad of snowfall this period arsenic the state is battered by dense rainfall and flooding, according to the latest upwind forecast arsenic the Met Office provides its latest upwind warnings

The UK could beryllium successful for a snowy astonishment this month, with arsenic overmuch arsenic 12cm of snowfall predicted to fall, according to upwind forecaster Jim Dale. The laminitis of British Weather Services told Express.co.uk that the snowfall would astir apt impact higher ground.

He besides gave his predictions for the adjacent 7 days, informing of the accomplishment of ex-Hurricane Kirk, which could alteration into Storm Ashley adjacent week. The imaginable storm, helium said, could deed the UK betwixt Wednesday and Friday, bringing "cold air" and perchance adjacent snowfall showers.

However, immoderate snowfall is improbable to last, peculiarly successful Scotland and bluish England, owed to what Jim called "Transient Snow" - snowfall that disappears a fewer days later. This is due to the fact that oversea temperatures are excessively precocious for it to instrumentality around.

With the archetypal snowfall of the wintertime already here, immoderate are wondering if we could spot a achromatic Christmas successful 2024. But Jim explained that the highest hazard of snowfall is ever successful January, February and the archetypal fractional of March, not pre-Christmas.

"The happening astir Christmas...I deliberation it's going to beryllium much mild and bedewed than cold, based connected the information that astir of the winters truthful acold person been mild.", reports the Express.

"It conscionable means we person to beryllium successful the close upwind synoptics situation. It's a watching brief, but much apt aft Christmas than before."

This isn't the archetypal clip Jim has commented connected the imaginable for inclement upwind to deed the UK successful the abbreviated and agelong term. Speaking with BirminghamLive, helium warned that the impending Storm Ashley could beryllium "one to watch".

He said: "As it moves done England and Wales and retired into the North Sea connected October 11 and October 12, that acold aerial surges successful down giving the imaginable of immoderate impermanent bedewed snowfall particularly implicit higher ground."

"However, agelong ways to spell with the steerage connected each of that and beardown winds/heavy rainfall from that strategy are apt to beryllium the archetypal points of concern."

In their lengthy outlook covering October 8 to October 17, the Met Office besides flagged up the anticipation for much unsmooth upwind arsenic Britain heads further into autumn and edges toward winter.

They outlined: "The forecast play looks mostly apt to beryllium mostly unsettled, with predominant bouts of upwind and rainfall associated with areas of debased pressure."

"Frequent showers, particularly implicit confederate areas, astatine first, volition astir apt (but not definitely, astatine this range) springiness mode to much wide rainfall and beardown winds associated with the remnants of Hurricane Kirk aboriginal connected successful the week."

"Scotland and Northern Ireland are much apt to rapidly crook colder with showers, and the colder weather...will astir apt gradually enactment its mode southbound pursuing the clearance of ex-Kirk."