A new forecast has predicted the New Year could be brought in with a blanket of snow, as the latest long-range Met Office forecasts predict temperatures may start to plummet with the wintry showers soon to follow. While the first half of December has been wet, mild and extremely unsettled, the Christmas period looks set to change all that with a new weather system bringing cold air down from the Arctic, making Christmas feel particularly nippy.

Their forecast said: “There are signs that conditions may become less disturbed heading towards the Christmas period, with the potential for high pressure to build bringing drier conditions, with the risk of overnight frost and fog patches increasing."

The latest models from WX Charts have even forecasted the potential for a white Christmas

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