{"id":122051,"date":"2023-12-13T06:19:29","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T06:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/?p=122051"},"modified":"2023-12-13T06:19:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T06:19:29","slug":"met-office-reveals-what-needs-to-happen-for-uk-to-get-a-white-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/world-news\/met-office-reveals-what-needs-to-happen-for-uk-to-get-a-white-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Met Office reveals what needs to happen for UK to get a White Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A White Christmas doesn’t seem too far-fetched a possibility for many Britons at present, with weather maps showing another oncoming chill and snow still coating parts of Scotland.<\/p>\n

Snowy showers began unexpectedly early in the UK this year, as the first flakes fell in late November and settled in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.<\/p>\n

Forecasters have captured and predicted smaller-scale snowfall since then, primarily over the country’s northernmost regions.<\/p>\n

Charts show the cold encroaching slightly further south over the next week, raising the possibility of snow for much of the country.<\/p>\n

But forecasters won’t declare a white Christmas just yet, as the weather must meet a specific set of criteria first.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: <\/strong> Latest weather map shows huge chunks of UK covered in snow on Christmas Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A white Christmas doesn’t necessarily need to fit the longhand stereotype of blankets of snow covering the country on December 25.<\/p>\n

The definition is set by the UK’s national forecasters, the Met Office, which sets its expectations much lower.<\/p>\n

An area is experiencing a white Christmas by the agency’s standards if a snowflake can be observed falling on the big day.<\/p>\n

Whether this is a possibility or not is a different question, and something maps have shed some light on.<\/p>\n

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