New UK weather maps turn blue as Brits to be blasted by -2C Arctic storm

All 4 nations of the UK volition spot snowfall fall, according to the caller upwind forecast maps, arsenic a -2C chill from the Arctic sends temperatures tumbling

Britain is acceptable to beryllium blanketed with snow in conscionable a substance of days acknowledgment to a -2C Arctic chill, according to caller forecasts.

Despite a mild commencement to the month, weather maps from WXCharts suggest a acold drawback volition soon descend connected each 4 nations of the UK, with temperatures falling beneath freezing. One wintertime overview illustration shows flakes falling successful the northbound of England, Wales, Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland connected Tuesday 19 November. In different regions, specified arsenic the southbound seashore and southwest, this is forecast to alternatively autumn arsenic rain.

Some areas successful the acold northbound specified arsenic Wick and Fort William successful Scotland, could grounds up to 7cm per hr of snowfall during the acold snap, reports the Express. This volition beryllium accompanied by colder temperatures crossed the UK, and successful London the mercury is expected to hover astir conscionable 2-3C.

James Madden, from Exacta Weather, has meantime predicted the existent mild temperatures to stay until the mediate of the month, aft which constituent much predominant frost and acold upwind volition determination in. He wrote successful a caller long-range forecast: "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.

"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 meantime, mostly overcast conditions are forecast for astir parts of the UK connected Tuesday. Some drizzle is expected implicit higher ground, according to the Met Office though astir areas volition stay dry. The existent signifier of mild temperatures with adust but cloudy upwind is acceptable to proceed into astatine slightest the play acknowledgment to an incoming precocious unit front, though immoderate little fog patches whitethorn emerge.

UK upwind forecast

Tuesday:

A mostly adust time for Tuesday but staying cloudy with the champion of the brightness to the lee of precocious ground. Any drizzle volition beryllium confined to higher ground.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

High unit adjacent by volition proceed to bring a bully woody of adust but often cloudy weather. Occasional drizzle, with immoderate fog patches. Pleasant capable during abbreviated lived brighter spells.