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Sophie Buchan

Glasgow 'likely' to have first White Christmas since 2015 as odds increase

With recent forecasts putting the city on a yellow weather warning and streets being flooded as winter approaches, it was only time before we started to hear about the snow.

Just as COP26 kicks off in Glasgow, Scotland's snow forecast for November has been revealed - and you'll want to start wrapping up warm and keeping a winter emergency kit in your car if you haven't got one already.

Oh, and there may be an "arctic plume" on the way with a four day chill set to bring snow to northern parts of the country this week.

According to the Met Office, temperatures around the central belt are predicted to drop to just 2C this week also with highs of just 7C meaning frost and snow are likely around the third week of this month as the temperatures get colder.

Looking ahead from November 15 to November 29, the Met Office forecasting agency is increasingly confident we will see "wintry showers" hit parts of the country with snow already having fallen in the Scottish hills this past month.

Snow could cover the streets of Glasgow with a white Christmas looking likely. (Getty)

The forecast comes as bookmakers have slashed their odds on a 'White Christmas' this year with Scotland not having had a white Christmas since 2015.

Discussing the odds of seeing snow fall on December 25, Gambling.com have said that Glasgow has a "reasonable chance of it snowing on Christmas Day 2021, with odds of 2/1. That represents an implied probability of 33%.

Coral spokesperson Harry Aitkenhead added: "The UK weather odds are well placed to suggest there could be snow on Christmas Day 2021 – and they’re backed up by the stats. The country experiences a white Christmas on average once every six years, while December averages snowfall for 3.9 days.

"That’s roughly one snow dump every week during the last month of the year – and more tends to come towards the end of December.

"That flip in the UK betting odds indicates just how quickly the markets can move once the Met Office knows for certain what type of weather we can expect in the week leading up to Christmas Day."

So if you hate heading out in the snow but want a white Christmas (because who doesn't?) the odds may be in your favour...

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