The UK faces a SECOND January snow bomb this month – and flurries will start tomorrow. The UK faces a 12cm dusting of the white stuff in the wake of Christmas, and by 9pm on Wednesday, January 8, some counties could be covered.
The snow is set to begin in the early evening, WX Charts maps and charts stipulate, with flurries accumulating and forming snow blankets by the Wednesday evening. NetweatherTV’s Jow Farrow warned: “The wintry showers today are clipping eastern Britain with rain, sleet and inland hill snow.
“There has been a lively line down through western Wales, across the Bristol Channel. Clusters into Shropshire and rain showers over Cornwall. Northern Ireland has seen a mix of showers from the north and the snow showers continue for inland northern Scotland whilst the coasts see icy rain.”
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“Wednesday is similar but the winds will be easing down. High cloud will increase over southern Britain as the next Atlantic low pressure slides in. High pressure from southern Greenland will extend towards the UK through the week and the uncertainty about the threat of snow for southern England links to the balance of the low over southern Norway, the ridge of high pressure reaching the UK and if this Atlantic system will just slide over northern France,” Ms Farrow said.
“The nights look cold and frost especially by early Thursday. There are signs of much milder air from the Atlantic taking hold through next weekend. How the incoming frontal system interacts with the established cold air might be worth keeping an eye on for the end of this week.”
Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist, Mike Silverstone, explained: “There is a chance of a further spell of rain, sleet and snow moving in from the southwest on Wednesday to affect some southern parts of the UK.
“Whilst not all those in the warning area may be affected, it is possible that that 2-5 cm of snow may accumulate fairly widely. Whether this system will brush the south of the UK or miss us altogether still remains a little uncertain, but we’ll continue to assess this over the next day or two. Weather warnings may well be updated, so it’s important people stay up to date with the forecast.”