The UK faces snow on FIVE more dates in January, according to maps and charts. WX Charts, which uses Met Desk data, shows snowfall could hammer the country as we head through the first month of the year and towards February.
Advanced weather modelling maps from WXCharts suggest a five-day blizzard could sweep the country. The maps first show snow returning to our shores on January 23, with Scotland worst-hit but flurries also falling in the south west of England.
North West England will also face a dusting with the flurries spanning into January 24 and January 25, WX Charts maps and charts show. From January 26, the snow bomb turns “massive” – and will hammer the north with 5cm per hour.
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The maps suggest more intense snow will come on January 27 and January 28, as it turns to 10cm per hour flurries. The Met Office has issued its forecast for the rest of the month, with a January 27 onwards forecast predicted by the agency.
In it, forecasters from the Met Office – which has kept UK households updated amid the bitter and freezing start to the calendar year – say: “A dominant flow from the Atlantic looks likely to produce an unsettled, milder and windier than average period”
The forecast spans until February and goes on to state: “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.”
The forecast adds ahead of the second half of the month, with the update being issued on Sunday (January 12): “However, the potential for brief colder spells with associated frost, ice and snow remains, following any deep lows crossing the region.”