Met Office snow maps present Arctic blast set to hit 18 areas of England and Wales
Met Office snow maps show a 200-mile band of snow forecast to sweep across 18 areas of England and Wales as an Arctic blast returns from Monday night into Tuesday
Brits are going to get walloped with snow(Image: Peter Jolly/Shutterstock)
Brits are set to be walloped by a fresh Arctic blast within days, as a 200-mile band of snow is forecast to batter a vast stretch of England and Wales. The UK is already gripped by a bitter cold snap, with temperatures plummeting to -6.4C in Cumbria and Brecon last Thursday – and further wintry misery is on the way.
Following another freezing cold Saturday, conditions are expected to ease slightly on Sunday as Atlantic fronts push in rainfall, before icy Arctic air once again tightens its grip.
Simultaneously, a swathe of wet weather is pushing northwards, with snow predicted where it collides with the bitter cold air. Met Office maps reveal snow sweeping horizontally across the UK, through northern Wales and England from midnight on Monday and into the early hours of Tuesday. This band then tracks northwards and eastwards through the night before eventually breaking up, reports the Mirror.
Wet weather will collide with bitter cold
By around 3am, the snow begins to take hold in southern Scotland, below Glasgow, sweeping across northern England and reaching as far south as Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire.
Some areas could see snowfall exceeding 5cm, with hilly regions of central Scotland potentially receiving close to 15cm.
BBC weather forecaster Helen Willetts warned: “We can see that northerly wind coming back in later in the day pushing those weather fronts out of the way by the start of Monday and we are back into that sparkling Arctic air.
“So even at lower levels in the north we could see some snow showers and they will certainly be gathering in force across the northern part of Scotland.
We might see this sort of thing very soon(Image: Simon Greener/Newcastle Chronicle)
“Tuesday looks quite an interesting day as we’ve got this next weather system running to the south of the UK, as it comes and bumps into the cold air we could have a spell of snow.
“It is a long way off at the moment but we will firm up, don’t take this as read because it could be a little bit further north or south but wherever that weather front grinds to a halt we could see a spell of snow primarily on the hills but not necessarily exclusively – we could see something at lower levels as well. “.
She added: “We are staying in the colder air for much of next week”. Meanwhile, a Met Office forecast states: “Into next week, unsettled and cold conditions remain with rain, sleet and (mainly hill) snow key features.”
Its outlook for Monday to Wednesday reads: “Colder, but sunnier on Monday. Wintry showers in the far north, with rain, and hill snow moving north across the UK into Tuesday. Brighter, but colder again for most midweek.”
Regions bracing for snow on Tuesday
Wales
- Gwynedd
- Conwy
- Denbighshire
- Flintshire
- Wrexham
- Powys
England
- Merseyside
- Cheshire
- Staffordshire
- Derbyshire
- Yorkshire
- Nottinghamshire
- Lincolnshire
- Lancashire
- Cumbria
- Durham
- Newcastle
- Northumberland
Parts of Scotland also facing snow
- Dumfries and Golloway
- Scottish Borders
- South Ayrshire
- East Ayrshire
- South Lanarkshire
- North Lanarkshire
- Perth and Kinross
- Aberdeenshire
- Moray
- Highland
- Argyll and Bute
