Snow set to hit Scotland next week as Met Office predicts 'chillier' weather

The Met Office has predicted the Scottish Highlands could see snow as early as next week.

Gloomy weather at the start of November produced above-average temperatures of 13C to 15C in many parts of the country. However, over the next few days temperatures are forecast to return to the usual daily highs of 8C in Scotland.

Frosts are expected across the country on Tuesday night, and it is expected to get cooler as the weekend nears as northerly breezes could bring an extra wind chill from Saturday.

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The weather experts have also said there is a chance of snow in the Scottish Highlands from early next week but a “very, very low probability” of flurries further south.

Met Office meteorologist Zoe Hutin said on Monday: “It is getting chillier, certainly in the overnight periods, but also by day as well. It’s thanks to the clearer sky – I’m sure we’re all grateful for a little bit of sunshine today – and also the northerly wind is pushing slightly cold air across the British Isles.

“There is a chance of seeing some snow from the weekend onwards, but nowhere that we wouldn’t expect to see at this time of year."

Clouds have meant there has been little variation between daytime and night-time temperatures in the past two weeks, she said. High pressure stalled changes in the weather and made it gloomy and chilly rather than cold, she added.

Forecasters dubbed the bleak weather “anticyclonic gloom”. The Met Office has said the phenomenon led to the UK experiencing, on average, only three hours of sunshine in the whole of the seven days up to Thursday last week.

Earlier, we reported that Scots can now start to brace for winter, as new weather maps also show a week-long snow flurry hitting the country.

The latest data from WX Charts indicate the first snow to fall at midnight on Monday, November 18, starting in the Highlands and spreading south as the night goes on. Snowfall is set to reach a maximum of 30cm (11 inches), with Grampian also set to see a high volume.

By Tuesday, November 19, northern snowfall is set to intensify, with maximum snowfall to climb to 41cm (16 inches), with the most continuing to fall in the same areas. While snow will begin to fall in the south as far as Carlisle, this will be a lot lighter, averaging between one and five centimetres.

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