By James Rodger
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The exact hour snow will hit England – the first of the autumn – has been laid bare by new weather maps. WX Charts maps and charts shows the first flurries of the autumn could hit England on Sunday, September 21, from midnight. North east England is likely to be affected, with precipitation likely, as well as central Scotland. There are expected to be some flurries of snow in southern Scotland the northeast of England. There will also be a sudden drop in temperatures, with Friday being a warm day for many areas and it could even reach the mid-20Cs but in the early hours of Sunday it will be close to 0C. READ MORE Major update over calls for new 11pm to 9.30am bus travel rule in England A Met Office forecast for Friday evening, in the short-term, explains: “Cloud will extend from northern England and west Wales into western England overnight. “Elsewhere, it will remain dry with clear spells, although northern Scotland may see a few showers.” Its Saturday outlook adds: “Unsettled with outbreaks of rain, locally heavy across western and northern areas of England and Wales. Sunny spells elsewhere with a risk of showers. Very warm in the southeast.” And its Sunday to next week outlook says: “Turning colder from Sunday with further heavy rain in places, this turning showery before clearing. Much drier on Monday and Tuesday, with plenty of sunny spells, temperatures below normal.” A Met Office forecast for October adds: “It will be fairly settled to start the period but there will be spells or rain or showers in south and eastern areas, near to an area of low pressure. Elsewhere, some fog and frost patches are possible at times. “It will also turn colder, as a northerly flow becomes established for a time. Later in the week, more widely drier and settled conditions could develop as high pressure becomes more influential, although probably still with some coastal showers. “There may however be some thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain in the far northwest at times. Temperatures should gradually return closer to average in this period. Later there may be a return to a more changeable pattern but this is uncertain.”
