Snow maps present ‘5cm of per hour’ coming in 24hrs as greater than half of UK buried
Advanced climate modelling maps present a snowstorm will hit the UK in lower than 24 hours, with half the nation to be buried within the white stuff over the weekend.
All the key forecasters say snow is on the way in which in a single day tonight (Thursday, February 29) and early on Friday morning (March 1). The blizzard is then anticipated to unfold throughout the nation on Friday and Saturday (March 2).
WX Charts‘ climate maps present Northern Ireland, Wales, the south-west of England, the Midlands and the north-west of England will bear the preliminary brunt of the wintry blast.
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Where flurries are most intense – in Northern Ireland, Wales and central England – snow might be falling at a price of between 3cm to 5cm per hour at round 6am on Friday. The climate entrance can be anticipated to carry heavy rain to the south-east round this time.
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The snow will then unfold slowly, with 4cm per hour flurries anticipated across the Scottish and English border by 3pm on Friday. Around this time, much less intense snow will persist within the south-west, Wales and a few northern components of England.
The snow is then anticipated to brush throughout Scotland with Glasgow, Edinburgh and Inverness all within the firing line. At 3am on Saturday, the climate maps present snow throughout Scotland, northern Wales, the Midlands and even some components of southern England.
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Snow depth maps for Saturday morning present greater than half the nation can have among the white stuff on the bottom. North Wales can anticipate 5cm, components of northern England might see 3cm, with 1cm to 2cm in Scotland and 1cm or much less in central England. The wintry storm is anticipated to subside on Sunday (March 3), with a lot of the snow melting away in the beginning of subsequent week.
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The present Met Office forecast states there’s a “risk of snow” tonight, primarily confined to hilly areas. The nationwide climate company expects “a frosty start in places” tomorrow, with hill snow “spreading eastward” and “turning heavy at times”. It says “wintry” showers are additionally on the playing cards over the weekend.
BBC Weather states “wintry” showers may be anticipated tonight “on the hills in central and northern areas”. It says for Friday: “Colder tomorrow with rain tapering to showers in the south that may be wintry on the hills. Rain and hill snow for central areas pushing further north later, but northern Scotland remaining drier.”
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BBC’s outlook for Saturday to Monday reads: “Saturday will stay unsettled and cold with showers or spells of rain, with hill snow. Turning drier and brighter from the south later on. Sunday will continue cloudy in the north and west with showers that will be wintry over the hills.
“Drier and brighter to the south and east. Monday will grow to be windy and moist from the southwest, with somewhat additional hill snow within the north.”
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