Weather maps present twin ’10cm per hour’ snowstorms as Brits face ‘threat to life’

Twin winter storms bringing as a lot as 10cm of snow per hour look to be heading to the UK.

It comes after the Met Office was pressured to subject a rarely-seen amber snow warning, that means there’s a “potential risk to life and property”.

The warning covers northwest Scotland and the Northern Isles and is in place till 6pm on Thursday (January 18). There are different yellow warnings for snow and ice in place till Friday (January 19).

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It appears probably the Met Office can be pressured to subject extra climate warnings within the coming days as superior modelling maps from WX Charts counsel we’re not out of the wintry blast but.

They present two storms sweeping in from the west at the beginning of subsequent week, one throughout Monday (January 22) and the opposite on Tuesday (January 23).

The first seems to batter the Midlands and southern components of England with torrential rain, falling as heavy snow in northern components of England. Areas of sunshine purple inside darkish purple on the maps point out snow falling at a price of as much as 10cm per hour, with Greater Manchester and Yorkshire seemingly within the firing line at round noon.

That storm is tracked to maneuver off eastward on Monday night, making approach for the second blast early on Tuesday. The maps present rain falling proper throughout the UK at round 6am, with heavy snow within the Scottish Highlands. Again, the place flurries are most extreme, snow may very well be falling at a price of round 10cm per hour.

WX Charts’ knowledge suggests 14cm of snow might settle in whole in Scotland. However, the rain heading for England on Tuesday appears prone to wash away Monday’s snow, with the info not displaying a lot in the way in which of white stuff on the bottom.

With regards to the remainder of this week, Met Office Chief Meteorologist Jason Kelly mentioned: “With deep snow already lying on the ground for many in the northern half of the UK, we’re going to see a significant topping up of totals over the next couple of days, especially for those in the north of Scotland.

“Within the amber warning area, an additional 15-20cm of snow is possible in a few locations. Strengthening northwesterly winds will also cause some lying snow to drift, potentially bringing some additional hazards, such as temporary blizzard conditions.”

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