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Met Office Early Indication on White Christmas Chances Despite Bookmaker Odds
Long-range models suggest a chance of snow in UK highlands this Christmas, with the last widespread white Christmas recorded in 2010 at 19% of weather stations.
- The Met Office issued a long-range forecast through December 23 that makes no mention of snow anywhere in the UK.
- BBC Weather reports longer-range models are indicating trends suggesting snow this year, influenced by teleconnections and a 'warm blob' in the Pacific that could bring colder conditions to Europe.
- The Met Office defines a white Christmas as a snowflake falling at any of its 300 observing posts during December 25, with the last widespread event in 2010 when 19% of stations recorded snow and 83% had snow on the ground.
- The Met Office countered bookmakers, saying `forecasts are reliable only up to five days beforehand`, despite William Hill shortening odds on snow across the UK.
- Snow tends to be confined to highland areas like Cumbria, Wales and Scotland, and the long-range outlook to December 23 suggests snow will probably remain limited to high ground in the north.
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