Met Office forecasters and BBC meteorologists have responded to claims UK weather maps will "turn blue" next week. According to some publishers, a 1,800-mile Arctic blast will bring snow and wintry weather to the country as October's miserable run of bad weather continues. WX Charts charts and maps, projected using Met Desk data, show a wintry band of weather sweeping the country on October 15.
đ¨ NEW: The Met Office has attacked Reach publication The Daily Mirror, saying âplease donât believe themâ over their âutter rubbishâ misleading weather news pic.twitter.com/I9TXJvM1my â Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) September 19, 2024 Now, the Met Office has issued a forecast from October 7 to October 16.
The forecasting body said: "An Atlantic low pressure system will drift eastwards across the UK through the first part of next week. This will bring widely unsettled conditions, with showers or longer spells of rain, heavy and persistent at times, especially over hills. "Strong winds are possible too, with exposed and windward coastal areas prone to the strongest winds.
The theme of low pressure will continue to dominate the weather for the rest of the week, with showers or longer spells of rain. "There is a possibility that a deeper low-pressure system, ex-Hurricane Kirk, will move close to the UK around mid-week, bringing further spells of wet and windy weather. Alternatively, this system could remain to the west of the UK.
"However, the theme of unsettled weather is expec.