UK weather forecast: Snow could hit country next week
Britain braces for another snow blast: Met Office warns white flurry could hit country next week as temperatures tumble to near freezing in days
- ‘Disruptive’ flurries could hit the north and eastern UK during the coming week
- Snow could reach Scotland from Saturday before coming down to England
Britain could be blasted with more snow as temperatures drop to near-freezing in a few days, the Met Office has warned.
‘Disruptive’ flurries could hit the nation over the coming week with a cold snap taking a hold of parts of Scotland and England.
Met Office meteorologist Aidan McGivern described the most likely scenario will see cold air pushed into the north and east of the UK causing snow by the start of next week.
He described: ‘The low pressure from the south and the west is likely to push in and mix with the cold at the north and east, leading to some disruptive snow in places by the start of next week’.
Scotland could be faced with snow from as soon as Saturday, according to The Sun, while other north-eastern parts of the UK will be affected after.
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The snow flurries could hit the north and eastern UK during the coming week (file image)
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Snow could reach Scotland from Saturday before coming down to England (file image)
In its long-range forecast for March 3 to March 12, a Met Office spokesperson also added: ‘Friday is likely to be mostly cloudy with some light rain in places, although some clear or sunny intervals remain possible.
‘Into the weekend, settled conditions are expected to continue, bringing variable cloud with some clear, sunny spells’, the outlook says.
‘Showers mainly along northern and eastern coasts could be wintry across hills. Later in the period, high pressure is expected to migrate northwestwards, increasing the likelihood of any wintry showers in the north and east.
‘There is a small possibility of more organised rain or snow spreading southwards, with the west and northwest most likely to remain under a settled regime.
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A Met Office meteorologist described: ‘The low pressure from the south and the west is likely to push in and mix with the cold at the north and east’ (file image)
‘Winds generally light to moderate, possibly becoming stronger in the north. Temperatures generally colder than average, with some overnight frost likely.’
Forecasters earlier warned of a weather event that could spark harsh wintry weather similar to the ‘Beast from the East’ storm that hit the UK with 22 inches of snow in 2018.
The Met Office said there was an 80 per cent chance a sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) event takes place at the end of February.