UK warned to brace for 'nine inches of snow' and temperatures of -9C

The UK has been told to brace for as much as NINE INCHES of snow - with the white stuff hitting as early as next week. As we head towards mid-November, the country has been told to prepare for the first proper wintry blast of the year.

A blanket of the white stuff could sweep the UK around November 20, according to WX Charts, which uses Met Desk data. The UK is poised for a "bucketload of snow" later this month, with some areas seeing well in excess of nine inches.

WX Charts maps and data shows "large amounts of snow" around November 20, with 10cm in most areas - the equivalent to four inches - and even the Midlands and Birmingham waking up to as much as nine inches, or 24cm, by November 23.

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Wales and Northern Ireland won't be spared either, while -9C lows could hit swathes of the Yorkshire and the Humber, as well as the north east of England and north west too. Issuing his own verdict via Exacta Weather, James Madden has spoken out.

Mr Madden said: "From this upcoming weekend 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 for November begins to establish some expected and quite stark changes for most and if not all parts of the country during this period."

"The developing snow showers throughout this weekend will initially be more notable across higher ground and sporadically to some lower levels at times in parts of Scotland, northern England, and Northern Ireland, and then later across some large parts of Wales and potentially to some parts of southwest England," he said.

He said: "However, from Monday of next week and through to around Wednesday (18th-20th November) 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 ahold across large parts of the UK and Northern Ireland/Ireland."