Exact date weather maps turn shocking orange as UK to be battered by rare event

According to weather maps from WXCharts, November will see temperatures nosedive and areas of Scotland will be blasted by a rare weather phenomenon that needs "quite specific" conditions to exist

An unusual phenomenon is set to batter the UK in a couple of weeks, turning weather maps bright orange in places as the rare event hits.

According to weather maps from WXCharts, November will see temperatures nosedive and areas of Scotland will be blasted by rare freezing rain.

The charts show that the morning of November 15 will see Inverness, the Cairngorms, Perth git by the rare phenomenon.

Meanwhile some snow is forecast for Ullapool, Dingwall, the Cairngorms, Dufftown, Brechin, Strathcarron, Edinburgh, Galashiels and Hawick with rain over Northern Ireland, the Express reports.

Freezing rain is a rare but dangerous occurrence where rain falls as liquid but freezes the moment it hits cold surfaces. “Quite specific” conditions are required for the uncommon weather event, the Met Office said.

Freezing rain can cause eye catching icicles to form on cars and buildings but it can also be very dangerous. “It is not just these eye-catching scenes which the freezing rain can bring,” the Met Office said.

“The weight of the ice can sometimes be heavy enough to bring down trees and power lines, and the glaze of ice on the ground effectively turns roads and pathways into an ice rink. The freezing rain can also prove extremely hazardous for aircraft.”

The forecaster explained how the rain falls as a liquid but freezes on impact, saying: “Freezing rain tends to start its life as snow, ice, sleet or hail, but passes through a layer of air that’s above 0 °C on the way down to the ground, melting into a liquid water droplet.

“If these droplets then fall through a zone of sub-zero air just above the ground, they become supercooled. When these supercooled droplets strike surfaces that are close to or below freezing, they freeze on impact forming a glaze of ice.”

The Met Office said of the period: “After a relatively settled start to November, around mid-month there will probably be a change toward more unsettled conditions for a time. This means an increased chance of periods of wet and windy weather for parts of the UK, perhaps more so in the south.”