Weather maps present ‘second snow blast’ burying half of UK by finish of this month

A second wave of heavy snow and freezing temperatures appears prone to blast Brits on the finish of this month.

Millions within the UK have seen the white stuff this week, with the Met Office issuing yellow climate warnings for snow and ice from Sunday (January 14) proper by to Thursday (January 18).

The warnings cowl components of Northern Ireland, Wales, the north of England and Scotland. As a lot as 40cm of snow might choose the bottom in some distant, elevated areas by the tip of this week, with temperatures as little as -10C on the playing cards within the Scottish Highlands.

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Weather forecasters anticipate circumstances to show extra delicate subsequent week, nevertheless it does not appear like we have seen the final of the snow for this month. Advanced climate modelling maps from WX Charts present intense flurries forming in Scotland on January 29 earlier than transferring down the nation within the early hours of January 30.

Where flurries are most intense, WX Charts’ information suggests snow might be falling at a fee of round 2cm per hour. Scotland in addition to the north of England, the Midlands, jap areas and southern areas all look to be within the firing line.

By February 1, snow depth charts point out that roughly half the nation will see some snow settled on the bottom. Scotland might see 8cm, the north of England 3cm, and elsewhere 1cm or much less.

This snowstorm might be accompanied by a drop in temperatures throughout the board. Maps displaying minimal doable temperatures for noon on February 1 have only some spots at 0C or above. The coldest circumstances look to be within the north of England at -4C and Wales at -3C.

This comes after Exacta Weather forecaster James Madden stated we are able to anticipate a second chilly blast subsequent month throughout “a one to two week period”. Eerily, he hinted at a repeat of 2018’s Beast from the East, saying the “raging northerlies” which are at the moment driving snow by Scotland “could also be replaced with something even more cold and substantial from the East this time around”.

Temperatures at the beginning of 2018 dropped as little as -14C as some components of the nation noticed greater than 50cm of snow. It was attributable to a meteorological phenomenon often known as sudden stratospheric warming (SSW), which we’ve already seen this time round.

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