{"id":26147,"date":"2023-10-23T12:30:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T12:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/?p=26147"},"modified":"2023-10-23T12:30:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T12:30:43","slug":"first-volatile-polar-blast-set-to-hit-britain-with-snow-in-new-forecast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/world-news\/first-volatile-polar-blast-set-to-hit-britain-with-snow-in-new-forecast\/","title":{"rendered":"First volatile polar blast set to hit Britain with snow in new forecast"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Weather forecasters have identified a bitter cold front headed for the UK, with a “volatile” weather pattern bringing wintry conditions in the coming week.<\/p>\n

The country’s weather fortunes have transformed over the last month, with unseasonable warmth giving way to Storm Babet, a vicious system of wind and rain that has destroyed buildings and taken lives.<\/p>\n

Now, Britons must reckon with a merciless temperature drop set to whittle away at any remaining warmth, replacing it with snow.<\/p>\n

Meteorologists have identified a “polar” front moving in at the end of October and into the first few days of November.<\/p>\n

The cold front could end up pushing the mercury far below zero, they have warned, down to -6C in some areas.<\/p>\n

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Speaking to Express.co.uk, Jim Dale, senior meteorologist at British Weather Services, said “early indications” for November show potential snow over high ground in Scotland.<\/p>\n

He said: “There are early indications of colder\/polar weather moving in early Nov, at least temporarily.<\/p>\n

“If it confirms, then snow in the Highlands, Grampians, southern Uplands, Snowdonia and the Pennine tops is perfectly possible.”<\/p>\n

If that polar air “digs in”, the forecaster added, northern parts of the UK could see temperatures reach -6C.<\/p>\n

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He said: “At the same time, high winds and then freezing temps may well then ensue as the polar air digs in, the icy conditions being mainly for northern parts of the UK – perhaps a -6C or so for the glens.”<\/p>\n

While they constitute a dramatic change, Mr Dale added these harsh temperatures would only last “for a day or so”.<\/p>\n

But they could also indicate a taste of what is to come for the country this winter, he said. Mr Dale continued: “As I say, it\u2019s some way off yet but it is a clear sign of low-pressure volatility for the UK and a very early wintry sign of what\u2019s to come.<\/p>\n

“Climate change does not mean we won\u2019t see a spell of hazardous wintry weather. Indeed I expect we will see a number of such occasions going forward.”<\/p>\n