Britain to be hit by SNOW in October... forecasters warn an early winter is on its way

[Jenjie]

Britain is about to experience an early winter, with snow expected to arrive as soon as next month, forecasters have warned.

 

Temperatures over the next three months will plummet to below average with one long-range forecaster predicting snowfalls in October.

 

James Madden, of Exacta Weather, said: ‘I expect to see the first signs of some moderate to heavy snowfalls as early as October or November in certain parts of the UK.

 

'I expect December, January and February to experience below-average temperatures, with the heaviest snowfall occurring within the time frame of November to January across many parts of the UK.

 

'Huge swirly low-pressure systems also offer the potential for widespread disruption from heavy snowfall across many parts of the UK including the South, as they clash with the predominant cold air.’

 

He added that Scotland and the North would face the worst weather, including possible ‘blizzard-like conditions’.

 

The UK and Ireland have also been forecast to experience extreme cold conditions and snow from the Arctic for prolonged periods.

 

Netweather forecaster Paul Michaelwaite has also predicted ‘widespread’ snowfall as early as November.

He told the Daily Express: ‘Over the past four years November snow has not been rare at all, and with temperatures below the average there is the chance of some widespread falls.’

 

Meanwhile, The Met Office has said that below average temperatures in October mean there is a chance of upcoming overnight frosts, which would be seen predominantly in the Midlands and south-east.

 

And Weather Services International agreed that October, November and December would be hit with temperatures approximately two degrees lower than the average.

 

WSI’s chief meteorologist, Dr Todd Crawford, told the Express: ‘We currently expect the coldest temperatures to be confined to western Europe.’

 

Last winter parts of the UK experienced up to 30 inches of snow and temperatures fell to -19C.

 

The UK has already been hit by Hurricane Katia this month, which has left Britain’s clean-up bill at around £100 million, experts said last week.

 

The storm was the worst Britain has seen in 15 years after winds of up to 80mph left a trail of devastation.

 

 

 

 

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2039418/UK-weather-Snow-forecast-parts-Britain-early-October.html#ixzz1YUAQ3xF9

[Mimixxx]

Fun :awesome:

[Guest howyousawtheworld]

I know it's a bit of folklore but the old sign goes that if their is an abundance of berries in your garden then that's nature's way of telling it will be a bad winter! In my garden back home the sloe berry bush is just being weighed down with TONNES of berries! I don't know if I want another bad winter. I'll never forget last November/December. It was Siberian like in Glasgow and elsewhere around Scotland. Remember wearing 5 layers at one point!

[NumbersGirl]

So did Heathrow learn their lesson from that snowstorm (which was puny compared to Michigan standards) last December? Or are they still severely low on the appropriate resources? I remember hearing on the news last year that Gatwick had more than twice the snow-clearing resources as Heathrow, which makes absolutely no sense. Gatwick knows what they're doing while Heathrow is acting like an ostrich.

[busybeeburns]

So its going to be nice and warm for the rest of the year then.

[Jenjie]

is that a sarcastic response, doubting the ability of these weather forecasters I've never heard about before?

[AnnaElisabeth]

Hooray.

[busybeeburns]

doubting the ability of these weather forecasters

heaven forbid! they never get it wrong :rolleyes:

[NumbersGirl]

Hooray.

Goody-goody-gumdrops. :nod:

 

Well, I suppose it won't be so bad as long as people can get around by rail without it breaking down or get otherwise messed up by snow. Oh wait...

[Cyan Kat]

I don't want it quite that early :uhoh:

[Tash]

I love snow!

[Jenjie]

it's Mich's fault. :p recently whenever she wants to see Coldplay before Christmas, it snows! I present last year's Liverpool Gig and 2009's Exeter gig as my examples :lol:

[tifosi]

marvelous. Enjoy the Indian summer for the rest of September... then were stuffed until summer next april! :) British weather... screwed up at its finest!

[Jenjie]

i'm impressed its going to go from low 20's this week to snow in the space of about 2 weeks if any of the weather forecasters are to be believed!

[Destrokk]

I never get snow :disappointed: I've never had a winter wonderland christmas.

[fooby]

This had better be true, I want to throw snow balls at old people and run away as they call the police, then go home and drown my guilt with much spirits. CHRISTMAS SPIRITS!

[Texasluvsjonny]

[rudy_o]

Thank goodness it's not Wisconsin :p

[EmmaLouiseSmyth]

Didn't you just have a heatwave? are you still in it?

 

I was so annoyed because Dublin got it too so the national media was like WOW heatwave...and we were in Cork with shitty rainy weather, all cold and stuff.

[fooby]

I was born in Cork, high five!