UK braced for 760-mile snow blast with brutal -9C freeze over New Year
Weather maps show 760-mile snow blast set to hit the UK from Cornwall to Scotland with January 3 forecast as the peak date for our first snowstorm of the New Year
Britain braces for a mammoth 760-mile snow storm that will bring bone-chilling -9C temperatures to many parts of the nation as conditions take a dramatic turn for the worse in the run-up to Christmas.
A colossal 760-mile stretch of snowfall is predicted to batter England and Scotland over the New Year period. Regions in the firing line include the Scottish Highlands, along with central districts and even Border areas. Across England, the North East faces the greatest chance of snow, with WX Charts maps and data indicating January 3 could mark a dramatic weather transformation.
An Arctic blast is set to pummel both nations on that date, delivering brutal -9C lows and up to four inches of the white stuff – stretching from East Yorkshire all the way to Scotland, reports Birmingham Live.
Astonishingly, even southern regions – including Cornwall – could be hit by a sprinkling of winter weather.
This forecast comes courtesy of the Met Desk, which has utilised the sophisticated GFS advanced modelling system to predict the icy onslaught.
The snow is expected to sweep from the North East down to East Anglia, according to maps that have transformed into shades of icy blue, purple and white.
The severe conditions could strike everywhere from Cornwall on the southern coastline to Scotland’s Wick – a staggering 760-mile stretch.
Exacta Weather’s James Madden commented: “After a now fully expected and upcoming cold and dry Christmas period with some wintry weather possibilities for a true white Christmas across at least higher ground in parts further north, the well-touted cold conditions and snow and even widespread snow for December (north and south) will continue.”
The snow will “enhance on our part and be primed and ready to deliver on this within days of Christmas Day this year and around our earlier given,” Mr Madden stated.
He continued: “And repeated dates of the 27–29 December is still currently the favourable period to get excited for snow on the basis of current forecast projections, and they could still shift forward slightly or even intensify and enhance somewhat between now and then.”
The Exacta Weather forecaster added: “Additionally, because of this, some snow showers could even turn up in parts further south of Scotland and northern England from as early as Boxing Day.”
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