UK faces Halloween 'snow bomb' which is '150 miles wide' and -5C

The UK faces a Halloween "snow bomb" on October 31 with flurries set to sweep the country by the end of the month. Maps and charts, from WX Charts, could face a 150-mile snow blast as weather projections using Met Desk data show the country turning white.

Everywhere from Talmine, Tongue, Kylesku, Lairg, Ullapool, Dingwall, Garve, Kinlochewe, Strathcarron, Cannich, Fort Augustus, and Mallaig looks set to be hit. Towns and cities have been warned to prepare for an icy -5C blast with snow also predicted to cover large parts of the country next month.

WX Charts suggests that some areas could face up to an 80% chance of snowfall. The Met Office forecast for next week mentions no snow, while the BBC team explains conditions and temperatures will be "milder" as we head towards November.

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In the meantime, the Met Office forecast for Wednesday (October 23) states: "Low cloud and fog across England and Wales lifting to leave many areas dry with bright or sunny spells. One or two showers developing. Thicker cloud giving patchy rain across the far north and west of Scotland. Windy here too.

"A mostly dry night with clear spells. However, cloud increasing in the north and west, with patchy rain affecting the northwest. Mild, but increasingly windy. Gales in the far northwest." It adds of Thursday (October 24): "Many central and eastern areas dry with bright or sunny spells. Cloudier with strong winds and patchy rain in the north and west.

"Rain heavy in the far west later." The o utlook for Friday to Sunday adds: " More widely unsettled, with outbreaks of rain affecting most areas at times, locally heavy. Often windy with a risk of gales in some exposed areas. Temperatures generally near to normal."

The UK could also face heavy rainfall by October 31, according to predictions. James Madden, from Exacta Weather, said: "A wintry blast is also still a feature within days of our 110 days plus in advance forecast for this period and during next week.

"The potential wintry blast/stormy weather for later this week/early next week is literally varying from run to run at present. Despite 'current' third-party projections steering away from this scenario at present, I still feel this is something that will evidently change again to something more prominent in favour of my forecast over the coming days.

"The same forecasting methodology also previously identified the two major stormy periods for the exact dates in September and October from over 100 days ahead, and this period should also follow on in similar fashion and accuracy with at least some elements coming to fruition once again."