UK weather maps turn purple as 66 hours of snow blitzes Britain

As autumn sets in, weather maps are turning all sorts of colours; red, yellow, blue and even purple. The purple illumination on WXCHARTS’ forecasts indicates snowfall.According to the latest MetDesk data, isolated parts of Scotland are due to get around 66 hours of snow, although it may be thin and confined to the Scottish Highlands.The wintery weather could arrive at the tail end of next week from October 14 to 16 bringing with it snow. Rain and low temperatures could be far more widespread, however.Snow is predicted to fall in northwest Scotland including Fort William, Inverness and Ullapool with rain in east Scotland – Aberdeen, Fraserburgh, and the Grampians.There will also be downpours in south Scotland, in places such as Edinburgh and Berwick and north England; including Newcastle, Middlesbrough and Leeds.Temperatures could fall as low as 0C in northwest Scotland and between 1C and 3C in the rest of Scotland overnight. The north of England will be between 2C and 5C.Wales will…