UK weather forecast: Snow on its way to parts of Britain next week

Katy Clifton30 November 2018

Temperatures are set to soar to 15C this weekend before the mercury plummets and snow falls early next week, forecasters say.

It will be a wet and windy weekend in the south-east, with temperatures expected to peak at around 15C in London on Saturday and Sunday.

But after the UK takes a breath after being battered with gale-force winds of 80mph this week, forecasters have predicted temperatures may drop as low as 5C in northern parts of the country by Tuesday.

Over the course of the weekend the mercury could drop to 6C in Scotland and parts of northern England, where the Met Office said snow could fall in the early next week.

People in the south east should expect a wet and windy weekend 
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“There’s a possibility that as we go into Tuesday we could see some snow in the north, Scotland, Northern Ireland and north Wales," forecaster Luke Miall told the Standard.

"Mostly in the high ground, but nothing particularly disruptive. If we have some showers in the north we may see some winteriness.

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"In the south, generally during the start of next week it will be cold and wet instead of anything wintery.

“The snowy weather in the north may come during the latter part of the day, it will move through quite quickly and will be over higher ground, so the hills and the mountains.”

On Monday, people in the south east can expect temperatures of around 13C, while the cold snap takes hold in the north with temperatures of 7C, before dropping to 5C on Tuesday.

“Wednesday will still be quite cold in the north but the south will continue to be a little milder. It looks like as we go through into early December it’s going to remain quite unsettled," Mr Miall said.

“It looks at the moment like many areas will be milder and colder temperatures will be restricted to northern areas of the country. A lot of December looks like it may be a milder wetter scenario.”

The latest forecast from Met Office comes as people in the south prepare themselves for bursts of heavy rain and windy weather throughout Friday night and into Saturday.

Torrential rain and gales of up to 80mph battered the UK earlier this week as Storm Diana sparked travel disruption and flooding in parts of the country.

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