A 109-mile stretch of snow is heading to the UK, as parts of Britain appear to be skipping autumn and heading straight for winter. On October 12, the latest weather maps swathes of purple will descend on the nation, bringing both snow and heavy rainfall. This comes days after Storm Amy hammers the UK with gale-force winds and torrential rain, with the Met Office issuing several weather warnings.
At 12pm on October 12, a large area in Scotland will be hit by the snowfall. A smaller area at the top of the Highlands will see up to 0.4cm per hour of flurries, while a wider, heavier stretch of snow will hit western Scotland, bringing up to 0.6cm per hour. The band of snow will stretch across to Aberdeenshire and down to Perth and Kinross. While the majority of the area will be covered in lighter snow showers of 0.2cm per hour, more eastern parts of the country will see heavier flurries of snow at midday on October 12.