UK faces -5C Baltic snow 'blitz' next week with 'all regions involved'

A -5C Baltic blast is heading for the UK - if some reports are to be believed. Reports from national media suggest WX Charts maps and charts have turned purple with a Baltic blast and plume of freezing air sweeping the country, with snowfall incoming.

Temperatures could fall to as low as -5C by next Monday (November 18), it is feared. Another WX Charts maps shows the risk of snow for the same areas hitting 80 to 100 per cent possibility, with Scotland braced to shiver coldest amid the significant cold spell.

Senior meteorologist for British Weather Services Jim Dale said: "That very cold, icy, snowy and windy period looks on for the UK from November 18-24; all regions involved in one way or another. Temperatures will range massively -5/6 potentials in frost hollows.

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"Windchills will also make it feel colder still. Snow depths likely to be considerable over Scotland, Pennines and North Wales. It'll be a case of snow watch elsewhere." Despite the reports from WX Charts, the Met Office remains unconvinced by incoming snow.

In its November 15 to December 4 forecast, it explains: "Turning more unsettled and significantly colder as we head into the weekend with low pressure probably becoming established to the east of the UK bringing rain or showers to most regions."

The Met Office goes on to warn UK residents: "The heaviest and most frequent spells of rain are most likely in the north where they are likely to turn wintry, especially to the hills of Scotland, but perhaps also to lower levels as colder air digs south.

"The chance of any widespread or disruptive snowfall affecting more populated areas at this stage however remains low. Parts of the south may well see a fair amount of fine and dry weather. Often windy, with a chance of gales at times, especially in the north and east.

"Temperatures falling below average and feeling particularly cold in the strong winds."