Things are starting to get colder with weather maps turning purple ahead of expected snowfall across the UK
18 counties in UK set for snow as weather maps turn purple
Weather maps have revealed that 18 counties across the UK could hit by a flurry of snow.
As we continue through autumn and winter is on the horizon, the temperature is getting colder.
Conditions have been mild through August, with the country even enjoying the odd sunny spell.
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However weather maps from WX Charts have turned purple later this month, indicating the arrival of snow.
Around 2cm of snow has been forecasted to arrive in Staffordshire, Shropshire and Cheshire on Friday, October 24.
Snow has been forecast to arrive in the UK later this month(Image: WX Charts)
Other parts of England where snow is expected that day are Derbyshire, Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and Lancashire.
Snow have also been forecast to arrive over Wales, affecting Powys, Ceredigion, Gwynedd, Conwy, Denbighshire, Wrexham and Flintshire.
Meanwhile, the northern tip of Scotland could experience snow that day too, with snowfall forecast for Ross and Cromarty, Sutherland and Caithness.
In its long-range forecast from October 23 to November 6, the Met Office said: “This period is likely to see changeable conditions across the UK with low pressure systems tending to dominate.
“Showers or longer spells of rain are likely at times, perhaps heavy in places.
“Temperatures will probably be close to normal.”