The Met Office has responded to reports of an "Arctic blast" said to blanket the UK in snow next month.
Some outlets have reported the country could see its "snowiest January in 12 years" after the USA has been battered by a snow "bomb cyclone". Thousands of flights were cancelled and homeless shelters are overflowing after some parts of North America experienced temperatures plummeting 10C within a matter of hours.
Weather experts have said this phenomenon is likely to "influence the medium-range outlook for the UK."
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However, Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist David Oliver, said this would mean a "chance" of snow in the north of the UK, as opposed to a predicted heavy and consistent falling of the white stuff.
Mr Oliver told the ECHO : "As is often the case, the conditions across the Atlantic play an important role in dictating our weather in the UK. We won’t see any direct impacts from the event currently occurring across North America. Rather, the temperature contrasts that develop across the North Atlantic as a result of this will help strengthen the jet stream, which plays a big role in the weather we get in the UK.
"The jet stream will help to develop low pressure systems which are likely to affect the UK between Christmas and New Year. These will bring some wet and windy weather at times and the chance of some snow in the north of the UK, as is often the case at this time of year."
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