UK faces first proper snow of winter with Arctic blast set to strike

A weather map reveals the date the first proper Arctic blast of winter will hit the UK in November. The UK is set for snow showers, according to weather forecasters, with meteorological agency WX Charts - which uses Met Desk data - showing flurries of the white stuff sweeping.

One map from WXCharts shows the likelihood of snow falling over the UK on Monday, November 11. The warning comes as Netweather TV predicts the weather could become increasingly "unsettled" during the second full week of November.

It said: "During this period, the weather is likely to turn more unsettled, but still often with high pressure close to the south and east of Britain. Thus, rainfall is expected to be closer to normal during this week but it will probably still be drier than average for many areas, especially in the east of Britain.

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"Temperatures will probably be above normal for the majority of the week in all parts of the UK due to mainly south-westerly winds, probably around 2C above normal for most regions overall, with the largest anomalies likely to be in northern and eastern Scotland.

"Sunshine totals are again likely to be below normal for most of the UK, but above normal in the east and especially north-east of Scotland and probably also parts of east and north-east England." The BBC Weather team has also issued a week-by-week outlook as we head deeper into the winter.

It said: "Through early November the UK’s weather is likely to be dominated by high pressure, with low pressure systems remaining further to the west and east. Temperatures could therefore be slightly above or close to average, along with mostly settled conditions. There may be some stubborn fog or extensive low cloud in places. However, there is still a risk things could turn colder during that week. It may become or remain a little wetter and windier in Scotland and in the eastern parts of the UK.

"It is possible that wetter and windier conditions could start to return more widely during this period as a more active North Atlantic pattern threatens to return to the UK at some point."