{"id":122366,"date":"2023-12-14T21:29:49","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T21:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=122366"},"modified":"2023-12-14T21:29:49","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T21:29:49","slug":"met-office-gives-verdict-on-10c-arctic-freeze-as-snow-bomb-set-to-batter-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/world-news\/met-office-gives-verdict-on-10c-arctic-freeze-as-snow-bomb-set-to-batter-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Met Office gives verdict on -10C Arctic freeze as snow bomb set to batter UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Met Office has weighed in after maps suggested an Arctic freeze will envelop the UK after Christmas this year.<\/p>\n

Weather maps have shown a dramatic drop in temperatures later this month, with a potential -10C chilly spell on the horizon for northern England and Scotland.<\/p>\n

Snow is also tipped to follow, with possible pileups over high ground creating a late white Christmas.<\/p>\n

If they prove accurate, the maps show an unseasonable forecast, even for late December, with the last two weeks having proven comparatively mild.<\/p>\n

But the Met Office has warned the Christmas and New Year forecasts are by no means set in stone.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: <\/strong> New seven day weather maps show UK bombarded with walls of snow<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Maps from WXCharts covering the next two weeks have shown snow and rain building under quickly lowering temperatures, with Christmas Eve appearing particularly cold.<\/p>\n

Minimum temperatures could drop as low as -10C and -11C in Scotland on December 24, with lows between -4C and 0C in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and several inches of snow in the far north.<\/p>\n

While the temperatures seem dramatic, December 24 is too far ahead on the forecast track for meteorologists to draw concrete conclusions about the weather in late December.<\/p>\n

A Met Office spokesman told Express.co.uk the agency cannot forecast the weather for Christmas Day “in any detail”, “let alone any further ahead”.<\/p>\n

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