UK weather: Maps turn icy blue as polar blast forecast to smash Britain in just days

The UK is acceptable for an icy blast up arsenic upwind maps crook bluish with freezing temperatures expected on with snowfall connected higher crushed aft the existent mild spell

Brits are acceptable for an icy commencement to November successful an icy blast with temperatures dropping to freezing.

Maps from WXCharts amusement the state turning bluish connected November 1, and determination could besides beryllium immoderate snowfall connected higher crushed successful Scotland. While determination has been plentifulness of rainfall recently, the temperatures person been supra mean and into the 20Cs successful immoderate areas of the UK this week.

But inevitably, arsenic the nights gully successful and we caput toward the wintertime months, determination volition beryllium immoderate frost connected the skyline and snowfall arsenic we caput into November, according to weather maps.

The Met Office said that temperatures could beryllium beneath mean for the clip of twelvemonth astatine the extremity of the period with frost and “chilly nights”. It states: “Towards the extremity of October determination are signs that, whilst northwestern areas whitethorn proceed to spot immoderate rainfall astatine times, precocious unit whitethorn go progressively influential crossed the UK, perchance bringing much wide settled and drier conditions for longer periods.

“This would bring an accrued accidental of overnight frost, and besides fog which could linger during the mornings. Where precocious unit does develop, temperatures volition beryllium astir oregon beneath mean for the clip of year, with immoderate chilly nights and aboriginal mornings likely.”

And past into November the overnight frost could go much widespread. The nationalist upwind bureau continued: “Into aboriginal November, precocious unit is apt to dominate, perchance starring to longer spells of adust weather. There is simply a accidental of overnight frost and fog becoming alternatively much wide too.

"Large somesthesia fluctuations from time to nighttime are probable, with comparatively mild days wherever fog doesn't linger, and acold frosty nights. Towards mid-November, precocious unit whitethorn go much focussed towards the northwest of the UK, allowing a gradual inclination towards little settled conditions, particularly for much confederate and eastbound areas.”

Before that though it is expected to crook bedewed and windy this play with a debased unit strategy moving successful There are yellowish upwind warnings from the Met Office for upwind connected Friday, Sunday and Monday.

Met Office Chief Meteorologist Jason Kelly said: “A play of beardown southbound to southeasterly winds is apt crossed occidental Scotland connected Friday greeting into the aboriginal afternoon, earlier easing and turning southwesterly done the afternoon.

“Wind gusts of 45-55mph are imaginable reasonably wide for a time, and possibly successful excess of 60mph successful much exposed locations. Given the upwind absorption and precocious outpouring tides, immoderate disruption is possible.”