Grab your mittens, get your woolly hat at the ready and your hot water bottle out. Winter weather is heading our way!
Britain is set to see the first low-level snow of the year this week as bitter Arctic winds bring decreasing temperatures accompanied by rain, sleet and snow. We are expected to have at least two weeks of near-freezing conditions, making November up to 3C colder than last year. Temperatures through the week will be much lower than recently and generally below the November average. It will struggle to get up to four or five degrees and during the nights temperatures will be below zero quite widely, meaning frost across most places.
Scotland is most likely to see snow today. Further wintry showers are expected to move south as the week progresses.
A metrogroup forecaster has said: "Into the week ahead, it will remain cold but there will probably be dry weather in most areas. At the moment we're not seeing much snow; there may be some but not any significant amount of that would settle. It will be cold for quite a long prolonged period, certainly through to next week."
The Met Office has sought to play down concerns regarding an impending 'Snowmaggeddon', explaining calmly that a bit of snow at the end of November into December is not unusual. In recent years Britain has seen its fair share of snow, but nothing to really compare with the awful winters of the past. Perhaps the last example of a really landmark awful winter was the December of 1978 and early months of 1979.
To feel positively warmed by this week's weather, check out winters of the past as selected by 'The Independent' here.
Britain is set to see the first low-level snow of the year this week as bitter Arctic winds bring decreasing temperatures accompanied by rain, sleet and snow. We are expected to have at least two weeks of near-freezing conditions, making November up to 3C colder than last year. Temperatures through the week will be much lower than recently and generally below the November average. It will struggle to get up to four or five degrees and during the nights temperatures will be below zero quite widely, meaning frost across most places.
Scotland is most likely to see snow today. Further wintry showers are expected to move south as the week progresses.
A metrogroup forecaster has said: "Into the week ahead, it will remain cold but there will probably be dry weather in most areas. At the moment we're not seeing much snow; there may be some but not any significant amount of that would settle. It will be cold for quite a long prolonged period, certainly through to next week."
The Met Office has sought to play down concerns regarding an impending 'Snowmaggeddon', explaining calmly that a bit of snow at the end of November into December is not unusual. In recent years Britain has seen its fair share of snow, but nothing to really compare with the awful winters of the past. Perhaps the last example of a really landmark awful winter was the December of 1978 and early months of 1979.
To feel positively warmed by this week's weather, check out winters of the past as selected by 'The Independent' here.
