STORM Diana is making its approach in the direction of the UK simply because the bookies slash the percentages on a White Christmas.
Arctic air will deliver a seasonal chill, risking important snowfall over the festive interval, in keeping with forecasters.
Former BBC and Met Workplace forecaster John Hammond stated: “Pc forecasts present a revved-up jet stream sweeping away excessive strain.
“However there’s an growing likelihood of a lot colder air being pushed in the direction of us from the north and east as December progresses.
“The prospect of serious snowfall will increase. A White Christmas could also be extra seemingly this yr than most.”
Bookmakers Coral minimize white Christmas odds to 7/four in Aberdeen and a couple of/1 in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
A spokesman stated: “Bookies are in a shiver concerning the festive freeze.”
Snow hit Scotland on Wednesday final week, with -6.7C UK lows amid easterly winds.
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By Wednesday, it is going to be raining closely throughout a lot of the UK[/caption]
The week forward will see a low strain system shifting in from the Atlantic, turning current frosty climates into soggy downpours.
The Met Workplace forecast sturdy winds from tonight with Wednesday seeing gusts as much as 60mph within the West and extra buffetings later within the week and into December.
And Storm Diana will linger over the Atlantic Ocean firstly of the week, earlier than merging with a low strain space to push unsettled circumstances firmly over Britain by Wednesday.
Storm Diana would be the fourth main storm system to hit the UK this autumn.
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September noticed the nation battered by Storms Ali and Bronagh, with Storm Callum inflicting no less than three deaths in October.
Beneath freezing temperatures had been recorded within the south east over the weekend, with the mercury dipping to -6.7C.
And if the nippiness persists then 2018 may prove to have the UK’s coldest winter in eight years.
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