{"id":165077,"date":"2022-10-09T19:28:01","date_gmt":"2022-10-09T19:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=165077"},"modified":"2022-10-09T19:28:01","modified_gmt":"2022-10-09T19:28:01","slug":"snow-forecast-to-hit-uk-next-week-where-first-flurries-of-winter-will-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/snow-forecast-to-hit-uk-next-week-where-first-flurries-of-winter-will-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow forecast to hit UK next week – where first flurries of winter will fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

Britain is forecast to see its first snow fall of the season as temperatures dip in the coming week.<\/p>\n

Maps from WXCharts show flurries will fall across the Highlands of Scotland, between Fort William and further north towards Inverness from early on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

Weather forecasters predict snow will fall from around midnight on Friday and continue during the following week.<\/p>\n

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But for most Brits it is rain they will see, with much of next week dominated by "changeable" wet and windy weather according to the Met Office.<\/p>\n

Met Office meteorologist Alex Deakin said: \u201cWhat we look to be left with through next week is a similar pattern to what we\u2019ve got now, with low pressure systems mostly to the north and areas of high pressure to the south and a reasonably active jet stream pushing everything along.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The month of October is too early for any snowfall of note in most parts of the country.<\/p>\n

But northern peaks and long-range forecasts from meteorologists now suggest we may be in for a chilly winter.<\/p>\n

A rare \u201clong La Nina\u201d weather phenomenon, which means large-scale cooling of ocean surface temperatures, could even bring snow flurries next month.<\/p>\n

The official ECMWF long-range forecaster, Nick Finnis, wrote in his Netweather blog that the jet stream appears to be diverting further south for November, December and January – meaning the British Isles will be exposed to cold "polar air".<\/p>\n

Warnings that temperatures are expected to cool from what was expected to be a warm month have also been issued.<\/p>\n

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