A cold spell could bring more snow to the UK in the coming weeks, forecasters have warned. Parts of Britain are expected to be hit with around five inches of snow as temperatures drop.
According to new weather maps from Ventusky, a large plume of cold air will spiral over the British Isles next week. Around five inches of snow can be seen hitting Scotland before moving further down towards the Midlands and the southwest.
Temperatures will dip below freezing, with lows of -1C in parts of the north. On Saturday, January 25, 12cm of snow will fall between Iverness and Dundee in Scotland’s Cairngorms from 9am.
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Areas also set to turn white from Friday, January 24, into the weekend include Manchester, as well as areas north of the city up to the Lake District. Newcastle, Cardiff, Southampton and west London will also welcome the white stuff next weekend, according to WXCharts.
Snow will be accompanied by chilly temperatures, with the minimum average temperature predicted to be 0C across the UK.
In Birmingham, the Met Office predicts dull conditions from Sunday, January 19 to Tuesday, January 28. They state: “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.”
For the period of Wednesday, January 29 to Wednesday, February 12, they add: “A dominant flow from the Atlantic looks likely through this period, resulting in an unsettled, milder and windier than average period.
“This is likely to result in areas of rain and periods of stronger winds affecting most if not all parts of the UK at times, though with the wettest and windiest weather probably occurring towards the north and west. However, the potential for brief colder spells with associated frost, ice and snow remains, following any deep lows crossing the region.”