UK set for first white Christmas in 12 years according to new long-range forecasts

Brits are set to enjoy their first white Christmas in twelve years, according to brand new long-range forecasts.

While October is set for an unusually warm start, colder conditions are soon due to sweep in with temperatures expected to dip as low as -8 degrees celsius within weeks, bringing on an ‘early winter’.

According to forecasters, a rare ‘long La Nina’ weather phenomenon is also set to bring snow flurries and freezes as soon as next month.

Yet while many may dread this premature cold snap, others will be pleased to hear it has upped the odds of the UK enjoying a rare white Christmas for the first time since 2010.

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And to make the chance even more official, bookies have now make it odds-on that snow will fall on December 25th this year.

Leading bookmaker Coral has even slashed its odds on a white Christmas this year to 4/5 (from 2/1) in accordance to the chilly forecast.

The firm also have odds of 2/1 on this month being the coldest October on record, while it is 6-4 for snow to fall.

Coral spokesman John Hill said: “The odds say it will be all white on the big day.

“We are less than 100 days away from Christmas now, and with temperatures set to fall rapidly over the upcoming days, the early odds suggest we could be set for a white Christmas this year.”

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And speaking of the impending temperature drop this week, Jim Dale, a meteorologist for British Weather Services, said: “We are going to get something of everything in the next few days, a complete smorgasbord of weather.

“There will be wind, rain, showers and, from the start of the week, a rise in temperatures in southern parts of the country.”

The Met Office also reports that the tail end of Hurricane Ian, which has been tearing through the US throughout the last week, could see heavy rain across northern England and Wales in the coming days.