The UK faces a “brutal” snow storm spanning 470 miles as record-breaking temperature lows continue to bite in the country, with the UK shivering under the stark weather January is currently serving up. WX Charts, which uses Met Desk data, has hinted at fresh flurries of the white stuff before February arrives.
Everywhere from Wick to Manchester faces a dusting around January 26, the data and projections show. The worst affected areas would be around Wick and Inverness with a possiblity of 7cm of snow, weather maps have suggested.
It comes as temperatures have stayed firmly below freezing for the 12th night in a row across the UK, as forecasters predict the weather will turn milder into next week. Scotland remained the coldest place in the UK, with the Met Office reporting a low of -13.9C (7F) in Kinbrace in the northern Highlands.
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Netweather TV explained: “This week is forecast to start off dry, settled and rather cold for most. There remains potential for one or two northerly blasts early in the week with potential for wintry showers to affect eastern counties, but probably turning milder later in the week with highest pressure becoming centred more to the south and south-east, and westerly and south-westerly winds becoming more prominent in the north.
“It will probably be mainly sunny and dry early in the week with overnight frosts, generally turning cloudier later in the week but again with some sunshine for the sheltered east of Scotland and north-east of England, especially near North Sea coasts.”
The week-by-week forecast from Netweather TV goes on to add, as it looks ahead from January 20 to January 27: “Temperatures are expected to be slightly above average, averaged nationally, but again around 2C above average in northern Scotland and probably a little below average in southern England, by up to 1C.
“It will again be drier than average for all regions, though there is potential for precipitation totals to be not far below normal in north-west Scotland and/or eastern coastal parts of England. Sunshine amounts will be above normal in eastern Scotland and north-east England, and probably also in western Scotland, due to some sunny weather via northerly types early in the week, but are more likely to be near normal elsewhere.”
Jonathan Vautrey, a Met Office meteorologist, said it would feel considerably warmer in the early stages of next week, caused by southerly winds bringing warmer air.