Met Office and BBC Weather speak out over 'half' of England facing snow

Met Office and BBC Weather speak out over 'half' of England facing snow
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One "half" of England faces a dusting of snow as we head deeper into the autumn and towards Christmas. WX Charts maps and charts show 50 per cent of the country turning a white and lighter hue as snowfall threatens to smother the country.

Scotland and the worst-hit areas will see 2cm per hour - while Devon and Cornwall is also braced to be hit, likely around 0.3cm per hour. The worst of the weather has been forecast for November 7, inside the first week of the penultimate month of the year.

A Met Office forecast for November 7 onwards explains: "A change in the broad weather pattern over the UK is expected towards mid-November and beyond, as high pressure initially over the nearby continent tends to become more focussed to the north or northwest of the UK.

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"This may allow areas of low pressure, south-shifted from their more typical tracks, to approach southern UK and bring rain or showers at times. As a result, after a relatively dry start to the month in the south and east it is likely to become wetter than average here, while conversely northwestern areas, after a wetter start to the month, will tend to revert to drier than average conditions.

"Temperatures will probably be close to average for much of this period as a whole, although some colder interludes are possible." The BBC meanwhile has commented to say it will likely be "drier at times" at the beginning of next month.

"During early November high pressure may persist or reoccur over north-west or western and central continental Europe, and low pressure systems is likely to approach to some extent from the central North Atlantic. Temperatures could therefore remain slightly above average, along with drier and more settled weather, with high pressure lingering near the UK or returning," it said.

"However, during this period wetter and windier conditions could prevail as a more active North Atlantic pattern is also possible. In this scenario temperatures would continue to rise and become even milder towards mid-November, coinciding with a stronger south-west to westerly flow."