Exact date weather maps turn shocking orange as UK to be battered by rare event

According to upwind maps from WXCharts, November volition spot temperatures nosedive and areas of Scotland volition beryllium blasted by a uncommon upwind improvement that needs "quite specific" conditions to exist

An antithetic improvement is acceptable to batter the UK successful a mates of weeks, turning upwind maps agleam orangish successful places arsenic the uncommon lawsuit hits.

According to weather maps from WXCharts, November volition spot temperatures nosedive and areas of Scotland volition beryllium blasted by uncommon freezing rain.

The charts amusement that the greeting of November 15 volition spot Inverness, the Cairngorms, Perth git by the uncommon phenomenon.

Meanwhile immoderate snowfall is forecast for Ullapool, Dingwall, the Cairngorms, Dufftown, Brechin, Strathcarron, Edinburgh, Galashiels and Hawick with rainfall implicit Northern Ireland, the Express reports.

Freezing rainfall is simply a uncommon but unsafe occurrence wherever rainfall falls arsenic liquid but freezes the infinitesimal it hits acold surfaces. “Quite specific” conditions are required for the uncommon upwind event, the Met Office said.

Freezing rainfall tin origin oculus catching icicles to signifier connected cars and buildings but it tin besides beryllium precise dangerous. “It is not conscionable these eye-catching scenes which the freezing rainfall tin bring,” the Met Office said.

“The value of the crystal tin sometimes beryllium dense capable to bring down trees and powerfulness lines, and the glaze of crystal connected the crushed efficaciously turns roads and pathways into an crystal rink. The freezing rainfall tin besides beryllium highly hazardous for aircraft.”

The forecaster explained however the rainfall falls arsenic a liquid but freezes connected impact, saying: “Freezing rainfall tends to commencement its beingness arsenic snow, ice, sleet oregon hail, but passes done a furniture of aerial that’s supra 0 °C connected the mode down to the ground, melting into a liquid h2o droplet.

“If these droplets past autumn done a portion of sub-zero aerial conscionable supra the ground, they go supercooled. When these supercooled droplets onslaught surfaces that are adjacent to oregon beneath freezing, they frost connected interaction forming a glaze of ice.”

The Met Office said of the period: “After a comparatively settled commencement to November, astir mid-month determination volition astir apt beryllium a alteration toward much unsettled conditions for a time. This means an accrued accidental of periods of bedewed and windy upwind for parts of the UK, possibly much truthful successful the south.”