Overview
- Official guidance points to wintry showers mainly on higher ground in central and northern areas, with southern regions starting cloudier and wetter before turning drier.
- WXCharts and Met Desk visualisations indicate a sharper snap around November 19–22, with modelled snowfall in parts of Scotland, Wales, the Midlands and the southwest.
- Model output shows the coldest readings in the Scottish Highlands near -6C to -7C, with wider areas near or just below freezing during the same window.
- Some outlets report a potential link to early stratospheric disruption of the polar vortex, though this remains analysis rather than an official attribution.
- Maps also flag a November 21 risk of freezing rain in parts of the Scottish Highlands, plus a forecaster’s outlook for a roughly 10-day wintry spell and locally heavy snow, all subject to change.