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This freezing purple weather map shows the exact date when the first winter snows will blitz the heart of England - before days of sub-zero temperatures.

Forecasters had cautioned that mid-November is expected to see the wet, mild November weather replaced with plunging temperatures, snow, ice and sleet, reports Express.co.uk.

Now new WXCharts.com weather and heat maps show the seasonal switch flicks on Wednesday, November 19, when snowfall in the southwest, Wales, Midlands and Scotland is illustrated in purple.

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A heat map for the same day makes surprising viewing, as swathes of the UK wake to 0C - while nor

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