The UK faces 10cm of snow PER HOUR next week in a fresh blizzard and snow storm. A fresh band of the white stuff threatens to sweep the country, from Wales and Scotland to England, with -3C lows at times according to WX Charts.
Maps and charts, projected using Met Desk data, show major cities including Cardiff in Wales, Inverness in Scotland and Birmingham in England hit. Aberdeen, Powys, Newcastle and Manchester are also at risk on Saturday, January 25.
Most places will likely see around 10cm, but as much as 12cm could fall in the Yorkshire Dales. As well as Yorkshire, the North East of England and West Midlands, maps also show the Pennines and the North West are at risk.
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It means Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyneside, Durham, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, the West Midlands, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Cheshire are all at risk from the flurries of the white stuff next week.
It comes in the wake of the Met Office sharing its outlook which spans January 20 to January 29. The forecast gives a medium-term outlook for the country as we head through the first month of the year, in the wake of Christmas.
It states: “The early part of next week will see fairly quiet, and for most, dry weather with variable amounts of cloud and often light winds. The greatest chance of any rain is likely to be in the far northwest of the UK, and possibly as well in the far south.”
The Met Office forecast adds: “There is a small chance rain could become more widespread, and temperatures are expected to be around average. Later in the week, periods of much wetter and windier weather will most likely eventually become more prevalent, from northwest to southeast.”
The outlook then adds: “Ahead of this a colder, more settled southeasterly wind may develop for a time. There is a small chance however, that alternatively winds could turn much more easterly, and colder, bring the risk of snow showers.”