UK faces Halloween 'snow bomb' with 13 towns and cities struck

An early outlook from WX Charts, using Met Desk data, hints at plunging mercury on October 31, as the country celebrates the spookiest holiday of the year.
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A Halloween SNOW BOMB could hit the UK - with 13 towns and cities struck. An early outlook from WX Charts, using Met Desk data, hints at plunging mercury on October 31, as the country celebrates the spookiest holiday of the year.

While people trick-or-treat, they have been told to wrap up warm and ensure they're looking after themselves - amid a fear the mercury could plunge, with temperatures plummeting to as low as -2C at times north of the border.

Scotland looks poised to be worst-hit as we head deeper into October and towards November, the penultimate month of the year. Talmine, Tongue, Kylesku, Lairg, Ullapool, Dingwall, Garve, Kinlochewe, Strathcarron, Cannich, Fort Augustus, and Mallaig are look likely to see flurries.

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Inverness could also be struck by a dusting of the white stuff, too. It comes as the BBC says the rest of the month will be "remaining changeable", adding: "High pressure is building up over western and central continental Europe through the middle of the week. In view of this conditions should temporarily be a little drier and more settled, with temperatures rising slightly.

"Later on the high pressure ridge will shift more towards Fennoscandia and eastern Europe. This would mean that low pressure systems could approach from the south-west and west within a strengthening flow pattern." The forecast from the Beeb adds: "Deep low pressure systems with their fronts are likely to affect larger parts of the UK towards and during the weekend, accompanied by strong winds as well as spells of heavy rain or showers."

The outlook also adds: "The highest rainfall amounts will possibly occur in north-west Scotland and western parts of Northern Ireland. Behind these low pressure systems, colder air could prevail across the UK, leading to temperatures near or even slightly below average."