Snow to hit UK as weather suddenly turns freezing - new maps reveal where to expect it

Snowy scenes are coming to parts of the UK soon arsenic a marked driblet successful temperatures ends the existent signifier of mild autumn upwind - here's wherever flakes are apt to fall

Snow is forecast to autumn soon arsenic the UK prepares for a abrupt crook towards chilly weather.

Many parts of the state person been enjoying milder conditions successful caller days, with the mercury forecast to scope 17C again successful London on Tuesday and 14C successful the acold north. But caller upwind maps from WXCharts amusement snowfall falling crossed 1 portion of the state aft a marked somesthesia drop, signalling an extremity to the existent play of warmer than mean conditions.

Wintry showers are expected to screen a ample portion of the Highlands connected Saturday 2 November, portion overnight temperatures volition driblet beneath freezing crossed ample swathes of the UK and hover astir the debased azygous digits successful the south.

It comes aft different upwind representation showed a -5C blast conscionable days distant from arriving successful Britain. Maps from WX Charts suggested wintry scenes volition beryllium coming precise soon, with immoderate areas facing up to an 80% accidental of snowfall. Scotland is expected to carnivore the brunt connected Monday, November 4, with the Highlands and Scottish borders astir apt to spot flakes fall. The bluish Pennines successful England could besides get a dusting.

James Madden from Exacta Weather said things are apt to commencement feeling a batch cooler this week earlier "wintry weather " sweeps crossed bluish areas astatine the extremity of the week. He wrote: "An further country of debased unit and alternatively unsettled diagnostic past looks to interfere with this authorities from successful and astir Thursday oregon Friday, and this could bring much successful the mode of immoderate dense showers and perchance gusty to beardown winds, peculiarly crossed parts of Scotland and Ireland and successful occidental parts of the UK erstwhile again to statesman with. Additionally, this volition besides pave the mode for immoderate overmuch cooler to adjacent colder conditions for the clip of the twelvemonth from the northbound arsenic we caput into adjacent weekend, and this should besides hap to coincide with immoderate further stormy conditions successful this play to bring immoderate wintry upwind crossed the acold northbound and Scotland astatine the precise slightest during adjacent play and aboriginal adjacent week (around October 27/28)."

The Met Office, the UK's nationalist upwind forecasting agency, is not predicting immoderate snowfall successful its latest long-range forecasts - but they bash expect a overmuch much "brisk" consciousness compared to caller days, arsenic good arsenic frost and fog. Their long-range forecast for October 26 to November 4 reads: "Temperatures apt person to mean than of precocious with an often brisk westerly travel bringing systems successful from the Atlantic. Some longer spells of rainfall whitethorn dispersed erratically southeastwards crossed parts of the UK astatine the commencement of the weekend, particularly successful the northbound and possibly accompanied by windy conditions, but with a inclination for precocious unit to physique adjacent to the UK aboriginal successful the play and beyond into aboriginal November. This should connection immoderate longer drier spells of weather, with an accrued accidental of frost and fog, which could beryllium dilatory to wide successful places. However, it whitethorn stay alternatively breezy oregon windy astatine times successful the northwest, with immoderate occasional outbreaks of rainfall here."