The Met Office forecasts the UK can expect ‘changeable’ weather going into the new year, with an arctic blast, cold snaps, heavy rain, blustery gusts and the ‘possibility’ of snow
Parts of Britain could see a snowy start to the new year, as the Met Office forecasts a frosty and rainy Christmas and New Year period.
Brits are already bracing for a massive arctic blast that will bring a 566-mile wall of polar weather to the UK. Expected to hit on Thursday, it will bring sub zero temperatures and could bring up to 5cm of snow in Newcastle and surrounding areas as well as Northern Scotland.
This blustery wintery weather will continue through Christmas and into new year, with the Met Office predicting changeable wet and windy weather for Santa, with more of it, with the chance of snow for new year revelry.
The Met Office forecasts that from Saturday, December 21 to Monday, December 30, conditions will remain “changeable with further spells of wet and windy weather” with drier and brighter conditions mixed it.
The weather bureau continued: “The wettest and windiest conditions will probably be in the north, especially the northwest, with spells of heavy rain at times as low pressure systems pass by.
“Further south, whilst some unsettled weather is likely at times, it will probably be drier overall with a greater influence of high pressure meaning frontal zones tend to weaken as the come south.”
It added that temperatures will be above average for much of the time, although “colder interludes” “remain possible”. The Met Office added that any snow will likely be limited to higher ground in the north, or during the cold snaps.
As for new year, the Met Office reckons “some snow is possible” from Tuesday December 31 to Tuesday, January 14, with changeable conditions continuing with “spells of wet and windy weather interspersed with some drier, more settled interludes”.
It stated: “The heaviest rain and strongest winds will generally be in the north, with the south drier and less windy overall. Temperatures will likely vary around average, but with a trend toward milder conditions favoured, especially in the south.
“Some snow is possible during any colder interludes, especially over high ground in the north.”
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