UK weather maps show 1,000km-wide storm is set to bring ‘3cm of snow per hour’

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Brits look set to be battered by a 1,000km-wide storm later this month, with snow and torrential downpours on the cards.

Advanced weather modelling maps from WX Charts indicate that some parts of the country could see snow falling at a rate of around 3cm per hour. In western regions, 1cm of rain per hour is possible.

The storm is expected to move in from the Atlantic and blast the UK on Saturday, November 18. The snow will be focused in Scotland – with Edinburgh and Glasgow both in the firing line – as well as the north-east of England.

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Temperatures could dip as low as 0C in Scotland across that weekend. Elsewhere, WX Charts' data suggests the mercury could reach as low as 1C or 2C in most parts of the country.

According to Netweather forecaster Ian Simpson, next week's weather will be "unsettled" as "low pressure will tend to be centred to the north-west of the British Isles". He writes that snow will be "generally restricted to high ground", adding "it will be north-western Britain that will be wettest".

Exacta Weather forecaster James Madden reckons we are likely to see "at least one or two notable wintry blasts from late November and into the first half of December".

There could be more snow to follow that too. Madden writes: "Conditions do appear extremely favourable for a number of more potent wintry blasts to occur throughout January and into February, and these could turn out to be quite prolonged in nature, and for at least a week or two at a time.

"Widespread snowy conditions are also likely to accompany these wintry blasts and put us in a winter wonderland on a number of occasions."

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