Brits are bracing for a chilly spell in the coming days and weeks as an ‘early wintry blast’ is set to hit our shores.
As we transition from autumn to winter, temperatures across the country have started to plummet. But before December arrives, we could experience some unusually cold weather and even snow, according to forecaster James Madden of Exacta Weather.
In a TikTok video, he stated: “The expected and continued mild November weather is still set to give way to wintry blasts and some early snow later in the month for the UK and Ireland. Our current forecasts have some quite strong indicators for these changes to occur in and around 19-20 November at the earliest and/or for up to several days later and during late November across the UK and certain parts of Ireland/Northern Ireland.”
Furthermore, he mentioned that their long-range forecasts over the next ‘100+ days’ suggested a ‘weak to moderate’ confidence scenario for further stormy conditions to potentially coincide with cold from the north to deliver an early wintry blast on at least 1-2 occasions during the period of November 6-19.
The Met Office has also forecasted “cold spells” in its long-range forecast running from Tuesday, November 12 to Thursday, November 21. While they have not forecast snow, they did warn we could be in for some wet weather.
“The influence of high pressure is likely to decline through the course of next week with an increasing chance of showers or longer spells of rain, initially more likely in the east,” it said in its UK-wide forecast. “However, there is currently significant uncertainty in how quickly conditions turn more unsettled.”
“Thereafter, likely more mixed conditions conditions with some wetter, windier weather at times but also some drier interludes bringing the chance of morning fog patches. Temperatures overall around average though with potential for some rather cold spells.”
Met Office maps also suggest the northeast, including Glasgow and Manchester, could see downpours as early as this weekend.
A front coming in from the Atlantic looks set to hit our eastern coast that morning, but, according to the map, should dissipate before it sweeps too far west.
Snow-forecast.com suggests snow has already begun to fall in parts of the country, namely parts of Scotland.
However, parts of northern England and Wales appear to have also seen some flakes.