UK weather: Snow forecast as eastern chill sees temperatures plummet across country
Dusting likely to be limited to higher ground in northern regions, Met Office says
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Your support makes all the difference.Parts of Britain may see snow next week as temperatures drop sharply.
A mass of frigid air from the east is forecast to sweep the UK, reversing the warmer-than-average conditions the country is currently enjoying.
Temperatures are expected to fall to between 6C and 8C, with snow possible on higher ground in northern England.
Bonnie Diamond, a Met Office meteorologist, told The Independent: “At the moment, across the UK we’ve got southerly wind bringing very mild temperatures to the country for this time of year.
“As we move closer to the start of next week those southerly winds will be replaced by winds from the east.
“That’s bringing colder air from eastern Europe.
“However, it’s a dry air mass so we’re not expecting snowfall at the moment. We could see some showers of rain across the east coast.
“We’re going to see a noticeable drop in temperatures.
“It looks like the cold spell will continue in the last week of November.”
If snow does fall it will be limited to higher areas of northern England, she added.
It would follow a period of temperatures well above the average for a November in the UK.
Yet snow did fall last month in parts of the country. County Durham and other areas of northeast England saw a dusting of the white stuff during what meteorologists described as some of the coldest October days for a decade.
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