Revellers hoping to catch a Yuletide buzz early in December have been warned plans to visit Christmas markets may be cancelled due to a deluge of snow forecast to batter Britain It could be a white Christmas in Edinburgh this year (Image: Getty Images)

Brits have been warned plans to visit Christmas markets in the first week of December might be called out due to heavy snowfalls. Advanced weather models indicate as much as seven inches of snow will cause mayhem in some areas of the UK.

The GFS model maps show a weather front moving in from the Atlantic , initially sweeping across Northern Ireland and Scotland in the early hours of December 3. Heavy snow is expected to fall in central and northern parts of Scotland, whereas Northern Ireland looks set for intense rain.

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