'Exact date' UK will see 'heightened risk' of snow as temperatures across country plummet

A weather forecast has shared the date the UK will see a 'heightened risk' of snow. Temperatures across the nation have been lower in recent weeks as we come into winter, and now, James Madden of Exacta Weather believes we could be in for some even colder conditions.

Madden said people in "parts of the north" would begin to see "the first snow showers" of the season "from this weekend", but added the rest of the country could expect similarly snowy scenes from next week.

Taking to TikTok, he wrote: "From this weekend we will see the first snow showers of the upcoming transition to some much colder weather starting to fall across parts of the north to begin with as an initially quite cold northerly [front] for November begins to establish some expected and quite stark changes for most and if not all parts of the country during this period.

"From Monday of next week and through to around Wednesday (November 18-20) will now bring a significantly heightened risk for some widespread and potentially notable snow for November at times across some large parts of the country from the far north to the far south of the country as the widespread wintry weather and snow showers really begin to take [hold] across large parts of the UK and Northern Ireland/Ireland."

Meanwhile, the Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings for snow and ice beginning tomorrow (Sunday, November 17). Tomorrow's warning will bring "ice and some snow leading to slippery surfaces and difficult travel conditions" across northern Scotland, including its islands.

On Monday (November 18), "a small chance of disruption from snow and ice" will affect the same area, as well as parts of central and southern Scotland and northern England. The weather warning affecting northern Scotland will be lifted at 11am that day.

The yellow warning affecting central and southern Scotland and northern England will end at 10am on Tuesday (November 19). The Met Office said of the warnings: "By Sunday, even colder air from the Arctic arrives across northern Scotland, and we’ll see the start of some unsettled weather for all parts as an area of low pressure arrives from the Atlantic.

"A Yellow National Severe Weather Warning for snow and ice has been issued for the north of Scotland and the Northern Isles from Sunday afternoon to Monday morning. Here, showers will turn increasingly wintry through the day with hail, sleet and some snow.

"Little snow is likely to settle at low levels by day, but through the evening and overnight, 1 to 3 cm may accumulate in some places within the warning area, whilst 5 to 10 cm is possible on high ground above 300 metres by Monday morning. As temperatures fall overnight, ice is likely to form on untreated surfaces."