Yahoo News Met Office issues UK snow update in new long-range forecast
The Met Office has issued its latest verdict on whether the UK can expect snow in the coming days in an update to its long-range forecast.
The weather agency said there is a that chance snow will fall on high ground in the north towards the end of November, but has confirmed that the chances of any "disruptive snowfall" hitting the UK are "very low".
It comes as temperatures are expected to drop towards the end of this week, with lows of around 0C predicted in parts of the north west by Sunday morning.
From this weekend, The Met Office warned the weather will be becoming more unsettled, with low pressure bringing rain and showers to most regions and the heaviest spells hitting the north and west of the country.
The forecast for next week, up to November 24, could bring "wintry precipitation" and snow to some places, the Met Office said. "Some wintry precipitation is possible in places, with snow most likely to fall over high ground in the north," the forecast reads.
The Met Office added: "The chance of any widespread or disruptive snowfall is very low. Often windy, with a chance of gales at times, especially in the north and east. Temperatures probably near or below average with overnight patchy frost and ice."
Looking further ahead towards the last few days of November and the start of December, the Met Office said: "Signals vary in prevailing weather patterns through this period but likely more unsettled than during early November.
"There is a greater chance of more mobile weather patterns which would see Atlantic systems periodically move across the country. These bringing some wetter and windier interludes followed by drier periods.
"Some colder interludes, especially earlier in the period, are possible but overall temperatures more likely to be around or above average."
Over the next few days, the UK is set to see some pleasant spells of sunshine before the chiller temperatures arrive. The "anticyclonic gloom", which which has left some places in the UK with virtually no sunshine for more than a week, has now started to clear.
According to the Met Office, the phenomenon has led to the UK experiencing, on average, only three hours of sunshine in a whole week. And, with Scotland and the far north of England seeing slightly more of the sun than the rest of the country, people living in the south of England have seen just one hour of sunshine, on average, since the month started.
Met Office spokesman Stephen Dixon said “atmospheric gloom” is when “high pressure traps a layer of moisture near to the earth’s surface and that brings a prolonged period of dull and cloudy weather, but with pockets of mist and fog as well”.
