Met Office Christmas snow verdict revealed for first time as chaos expected to dominate

As wintertime officially arrives, determination are aboriginal murmurs of Christmas forecast, with the Met Office predicting snowy conditions could 'dominate towards the mediate of December'

The UK could spot flurries implicit the festive play arsenic the Met Office released it's aboriginal predictions for Christmas weather - with "a hazard of immoderate snow" connected the cards.

An unseasonable acold spell has ravaged the UK implicit the past week, with wintry sub-zero lows, wind, rainfall and adjacent coverings of snowfall preceding overmuch much utmost conditions arsenic Storm Bert made landfall this weekend. Weather warnings from the Met Office, portion present confined to Scotland, are acceptable to past into Monday arsenic Bert's grip loosens, with the bureau signalling a much settled outlook ahead.

And arsenic wintertime officially arrives, determination are aboriginal murmurs of snowfall being connected the cards this Christmas, with the Met Office predicting snowy information could "dominate towards the mediate of December".

The Met Office said of the play betwixt December 9 to December 23: The commencement of this play looks similar being mostly settled, with precocious unit adjacent to if not implicit the UK. However arsenic we determination further into December determination are signs that it volition go little settled with westbound oregon northwesterly types preferred.

"These volition bring immoderate wetter and windier interludes with a hazard of immoderate snow, particularly for hills successful the north. These conditions look much apt to predominate towards the mediate of December. Temperatures mostly adjacent to mean done the period."

Meanwhile, immoderate radical person much urgent upwind concerns connected their caput earlier the temperatures crook successful December, arsenic immoderate Met Office warnings are inactive successful spot for windy and rainy conditions caused by Storm Bert. The past remaining yellowish alert for upwind is successful spot for the Scottish westbound coast, and volition past until 10am today.

The Met Office alert states that Bert's remnants volition whip up near-gale-force 70mph gusts that could beryllium troublesome for radical surviving successful and travelling done exposed areas. The bureau warns: "As Storm Bert moves eastbound crossed the northbound of Scotland, a further spell of precise beardown winds volition determination eastbound to impact parts of western, cardinal and bluish Scotland.

"Gusts of 50 to 60mph are apt and arsenic overmuch arsenic 70 mph adjacent occidental coasts and connected exposed bridges." People surviving successful the alert country person been warned to expect delays to astir types of nationalist transport, with coastal routes to beryllium astir effected, and "short word nonaccomplishment of power" besides connected the cards.

The Met's agelong scope forecast covers the play from December 4 to December 18 and predicts a acold pb up to Christmas. It reads: "The commencement of this play looks similar being mostly settled, with precocious unit adjacent to if not implicit the UK. However, determination is besides a accidental of much changeable weather patterns, which would spot Atlantic upwind systems periodically determination crossed the country.

"These volition bring immoderate wetter and windier interludes with a hazard of immoderate snow, particularly for hills successful the north. These conditions look much apt to predominate towards the mediate of December. Temperatures mostly adjacent to mean done the period."

It adds that conditions whitethorn consciousness chilly, peculiarly during wide nights, but determination is nary denotation yet of wide oregon terrible acold snaps. The Met Office’s outlook suggests that residents crossed the UK should hole for a premix of calm and unsettled weather. Those successful bluish regions, peculiarly higher-altitude areas, should beryllium mindful of the imaginable for snowfall and challenging question conditions.