UK snow: Weather forecaster's three-word admission about wintry flurries amid Arctic blast

With temperatures expected to plunge by astir 12C successful the coming days, snowfall could good autumn - adjacent crossed confederate counties - arsenic wintertime makes an impish return

Forecasters person alluded to a beardown accidental of snow by the extremity of this week.

Temperatures exceeded 12C connected a mild Tuesday but they are expected to plunge to beneath freezing crossed galore parts connected Thursday, Friday and into the play owed to a set of acold pressure.

It means immoderate precipitation arsenic a effect is apt to autumn arsenic snow, adjacent crossed confederate counties. Forecasters judge determination could beryllium capable to origin "chaos connected the roads" aboriginal this week.

Jo Farrow, a meteorologist with Netweather, wrote connected its blog radical mightiness good exclaim: "oooh, it’s snowing" - successful a motion to 3 words often repeated by excited Brits astatine the show of wintry flurries.

She adds: "The wide mounting is this acold precocious unit with frost by nighttime and a acold easterly upwind picking up aboriginal this week. You mightiness spot wintry flurries for confederate oregon eastbound Britain, causing an exclamation of 'oooh, it’s snowing'.

"Currently, not overmuch much is expected but the ingredients are there. With a spot much forcing, a much organised trough, a excavation of acold aerial aloft it wouldn't instrumentality overmuch for determination to beryllium a flimsy impermanent covering of the achromatic worldly and chaos ensuing connected the roads of confederate England."

But temperatures peaked connected Tuesday astatine 12.1C successful Pershore, Worcestershire and astir 12C was besides enjoyed successful Hull and successful Coningsby, Lincolnshire. The alteration though, starting today, sees easterly winds summation and yet the acold surge determination successful from the Atlantic.

It is this combo which volition spot the mercury autumn with Saturday looking similar the coldest time of the adjacent period. Lows of -1C are apt crossed North Yorkshire, Ceredigion successful Wales and Derbyshire among different places crossed the UK.

The Met Office concurs with Netweather's assessment. Writing connected its website successful notation to the outlook for Friday to Sunday, it says: "High unit volition determination distant to the northeast of the UK. This volition let a acold eastbound to southeasterly upwind to develop, introducing much unreality and immoderate showers, possibly wintry."

And the Arctic drawback looks acceptable to proceed into adjacent week, with eastbound areas apt to beryllium among the coldest spots. Winds volition again to beryllium beardown on the North Sea seashore passim Monday, accidental forecasters.