Met Office reveals if Scotland will see snow this week as cold front moves in

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3 days ago

The weather agency has revealed whether Scotland will be subject to snow and rain over the next few days
Scots are entering the month of June hot on the heels of a very sunny and warm May. The past 31 days saw this year's first mini-heatwave and even made history by becoming the sunniest spring on record - not an easy feat.
However, despite June 1 marking the start of meteorological summer, Scots have been thrown into disarray with a mixed bag of weather coming our way. The week has started off wet, breezy, and generally quite unsettled.
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But could snow enter the equation? Just as we were easing into a semi-consistent pattern of dryness, Scotland is to bear the brunt of rainfall over the next few days, and the Met Office has revealed that snow may play a part, too.
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"Our forecast says a cold front is responsible for the change in the UK's weather, which is seeing a shift to wetter and windier weather on Tuesday and into Wednesday," a weather agency spokesperson revealed.
"This could indeed see a mixture of snow and rain over the high ground of Scotland over the next couple of days, but this isn't the weather the vast majority of people will experience and isn't unheard of, even at this time of year."
The Met Office long range forecast from June 8-17 throws weight behind this prediction of changeable weather across the UK, with showers or some longer spells of rain spreading in from the Atlantic.
In terms of the rain, the heaviest and most prolonged bouts will probably be across parts of the north and northwest, with the southeast likely driest. Temperatures are expected to be near normal or slightly below.
However, there is no further detail of the white stuff making impact in Scotland.
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Elaborating on the lack of information in this regard, the Met Office explains: "When looking at forecasts beyond five days into the future the chaotic nature of the atmosphere starts to come into play.
"Small events currently over the Atlantic can have potentially significant impacts on our weather in the UK in several days' time.
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"Whilst we can still forecast the general feel of the weather to a relatively high level of accuracy using our ensemble models, it becomes harder to offer local detail to as high a level of accuracy as our shorter range forecasts.
"For this reason, our text forecasts for five days and beyond are written on the scale of the UK as a whole."
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Similarly, the national forecaster's weather map does not show snow making an appearance up until June 8.
But again, this could change on a dime.
The Met Office long-range forecast suggests that changeable conditions are most likely in the first half of June, with a mixture of settled and unsettled weather with a westerly weather regime most likely.
There's obviously a chance of some warmer spells, with these being more likely in the south and east.
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