Met Office and BBC Weather speak out over snow and 571-mile storm hammering UK

The Met Office and BBC Weather teams have debunked reports snow and a 571-mile 'storm' will hammer Britain. Maps and charts from WX Charts, which are projected using Met Desk data, shows a large band of rain sweeping across the country.

WX Charts forecasts also show snow appearing over The Highlands close to Fort William and Inverness across November 14 and November 15. But in forecasts on both websites, the BBC Weather team and Met Office meteorologists make no mention of the white stuff.

A Met Office forecast for November 14 onwards explains: "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.

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"However, there is low confidence whether unsettled, wetter weather or drier and more settled conditions will dominate by the end of the month. Temperatures will probably be close to average overall, although some colder interludes are possible."

The BBC says wintry showers could develop between November 11 and November 24 - but will be "nothing of note". It said: "Although weakening fronts moving around the northern flank of the anticyclone could bring occasional bouts of rain, most probably mainly to northern and northwestern areas where winds could pick up at times."

The BBC added: "The southern areas of the UK should have longer periods with low winds, making some areas susceptible to fog and frost again, despite temperatures most probably being near or a little above average. There is again a risk that high pressure could drift west or north-west of the UK and that would produce some chillier winds with wetter conditions, with some wintriness in the north, but nothing of particular note."