Overview

• WXCharts visualizing MetDesk’s GEFS indicates a window for flurries in the Scottish Highlands between Monday, October 20, and Wednesday, October 22.
• Showers look most plausible over the northern and western Highlands from early Monday morning through midday, with mountain temperatures near freezing.
• Small patches of wintry precipitation also appear over higher parts of northern England, including the Pennines between Newcastle and Manchester.
• Lowland areas such as Edinburgh are likely to see cold rain, and most of the UK and Ireland are expected to remain too mild for snow.
• The Met Office flags uncertainty later in the month, projecting high pressure through Oct 14–23, then a changeable pattern with near‑normal temperatures from Oct 24 to Nov 7.