The Met Office has predicted a “transition” from the dry and “unsettled” conditions that have characterised most of January, with new weather maps showing a huge snow storm system
A 1,000-kilometre-wide blizzard is set to sweep the UK later this month, according to the latest weather maps. After a bitter chill last week, temperatures have started to climb from extreme lows to more bearable single figures.
By Wednesday, we could see highs of 10C – in a stark contrast to the recent chilly conditions
The Met Office has hinted at a “transition” in the weather pattern, moving from the dry and “unsettled” January to potentially wetter days ahead. WXCharts is predicting that the incoming rain might turn into a snow deluge, with a major blizzard system expected to hit British shores in just over a week.
On January 25, snow is forecasted to blanket northern England and Scotland, particularly targeting the Cairngorms national park where up to 3cm could pile up every hour on higher ground. Surrounding areas like Aberdeen, Inverness, and Edinburgh are also set for a snowy surprise with about 2cm per hour, while lighter flurries are expected along the east coast.
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But it’s not just Scotland bracing for the white stuff; northern England could see up to 17cm of snow as the system moves southward, reports the Mirror.
The Met Office is bracing us for a winter wonderland as a giant snowy front threatens to smother the UK, with Wales set to get a wintery dusting from Snowdonia to the south. The west could see snow reaching all the way to Plymouth, potentially blanketing 742 miles of Blighty before this month’s end.
Between January 19 and January 28, forecasters are predicting a dramatic shift: “This period is expected to see a transition, possibly lasting over several days, between the settled, dry, and often dull conditions expected over the next few days, to something more unsettled.
“Sunday itself is likely to be rather cloudy and cool, with outbreaks of rain in the west drifting slowly eastwards. The start of the following week will most likely see more settled conditions with light winds becoming re-established, with a chance of rain in both the far north and the far south, and a smaller chance that the rain could become more widespread.
“Later in the week, periods of much wetter and windier weather will most likely become more prevalent, from northwest to southeast, alternatively there is a very small chance of colder, drier, but perhaps wintry, easterly winds.”