A leading weather forecasting company has hinted that the UK may still have a white Christmas .
Netweather.tv has been monitoring the likely weather during the festive period across Britain since November in order to try and determine whether there will be any snowfall around the festive season.
The company has refused to rule out snow on Xmas day for at least part of the country, with London currently forecast to have a 20 per cent chance of snow, while Manchester and Edinburgh have a 20 per cent and 30 per cent chance respectively.
Forecaster Paul Michaelwaite explained: "Even with just a couple of weeks to go until Christmas, it's still very hard to give a specific forecast."
"We have been expecting cold air to be close by to the UK during the Xmas period since November though, and that's not changed, whether that cold will be over the UK and whether or not that will provide snowfall is of course the big question."
He added: "It’s not just for sentimental reasons that the weather plays a huge role during Christmas, with many of us travelling to visit family and friends, poor weather conditions can cause major delays."
The forecaster continued by advising people to pay close attention to the latest weather forecasts as the UK is "likely to be close to the dividing line between mild and cold air" - meaning that although the nation may not witness any snowfall there is still the possibility of severe weather occurring.
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