Map reveals big 250-mile wall of snow to hit Britain on Thursday

Britain will likely be hit by heavy snow later this week because the Met Office issued a extreme climate warning for as much as eight inches to fall in some areas on Thursday.

Meteorologists stated a band of rain, sleet and snow will push north from Thursday morning, bringing as much as 0.8in (2cm) snow at decrease ranges. Up to 2in (5cm) is ready to fall on floor above 650ft (200m), and as a lot as 8in (20cm) above 1,300ft (400m).

The 24-hour warning space covers a distance of greater than 250 miles from Berwick-upon-Tweet in North East England throughout to Cardigan in Ceredigion, West Wales.

It will run from 3am Thursday till 3am Friday, however the Met Office stated there was uncertainty over the ‘rain and snow boundary, and the northern restrict of the snow’.

The 24-hour Met Office snow warning runs from 3am on Thursday till 3am on Friday

Exact particulars may change within the coming days. The snow will ease in a while Thursday, and should flip again to rain or drizzle, particularly within the south and east of the world.

Forecasters stated there was of an opportunity of energy cuts and cell phone protection outages in the course of the day, whereas ‘some rural communities may change into minimize off’.

The Met Office added that there might be journey delays on roads with ‘some stranded autos and passengers, together with delayed or cancelled rail and air journey’.

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