Snowfall has been forecast over a 10-day spell this month with temperatures set to drop to a frosty -10C in the worst affected areas in several parts of the country
Brits will be buffeted by snow over a 10-day spell with the mercury set to fall to a glacial -10C.
The British Weather Service’s senior meteorologist Jim Dale said the white stuff could fall as soon as this week in higher regions of the country. He forecast that temperatures could even drop to as low as a chilly -10C.
He added much of the snow will fall in Scotland with some making its way across the border. Mr Dale said the bitter chill would last for a period of 10 days but that Brits should not expect to see snowfall on each of those days.
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British Weather Services’ senior meteorologist, Jim Dale, told the Mirror: “There will be some snow for the Scottish mountains from Thursday It’ll be more then – deeper and lower down for the next 10 days; accompanied eventually by hard frosts of about -5 to -10C. Some eventual snow infiltration further south into northern England, but that remains a watching brief for now. It won’t snow every day of the 10, nor will it be -10 every day or everywhere, but the freezer is arriving in the north.”
The Met Office said Brits will experience colder conditions in more northern parts of the country from Thursday with some overnight frost expected. In its outlook for Thursday through to Saturday, the Met Office said: “Turning colder in the north with overnight frosts. Further spells of rain expected in southern and central areas. Strong easterly winds developing.”
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In its long range weather forecast from Sunday through to November 25, the Met Office said central and northern parts of the UK will be colder but drier with overnight frost and some showers. It added: ” It is most likely that the bulk of the UK will experience drier and colder conditions into the first part of next week.
“Later in the period there is increasing uncertainty, but a trend towards more changeable conditions is possible, with some rain or showers in places, and perhaps some hill snow at times in the north. Temperatures overall may return to near average.”
It comes as maps from WXCharts, which uses Met Desk data, show the mercury dropping to close or below zero at the start of next week and then to a further -7C, -3C in northern England and -2C in the south by Wednesday. Another forecast showed the possibility of up to 25cm of snow falling in the worst-affected areas from November 19.
