Overview
- Latest WX Charts visualising GFS output point to snow between November 13 and 17, with some runs extending cold conditions toward November 22 and Highlands temperatures near −5C to −6C.
- Model maps show worst‑case accumulations up to 56cm in parts of the Scottish Highlands and brief peaks of 8–10cm of snow per hour over Scotland and Northern Ireland in some scenarios.
- Regions repeatedly highlighted include Scotland, north‑west and northern England, parts of Wales and the Midlands, with cities such as Newcastle, Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield, Nottingham and Derby featuring on some charts.
- Met Office guidance outlines a potential shift to cooler, drier weather mid‑month with increased overnight frost and hill snow mainly in the north, and meteorologist Simon Partridge notes snow is possible late next week but confidence is low.
- Private forecasters, including British Weather Services’ Jim Dale, suggest the first wintry spell could arrive around November 14–15 and persist for several days in northern areas, though this remains a projection rather than a confirmed forecast.