The UK faces a “horror” snow bomb as we head through January and towards February. In the wake of Christmas, WX Charts – which uses Met Desk data – shows 3cm of snow everywhere from Scotland, north of the border, to Manchester.
Snowfall could hit with accumulations up to 20cm at times. Jim Dale, a senior meteorologist for British Weather Services, said: “It’s not like the last one as far as I can see forward. Yes, there will be some snow for the Highlands later this month but nothing out of kilter for the time of year.
“Call it the calm before the storms.” James Madden, from Exacta Weather, said: “Just to keep everyone further updated during this fairly benign and expected mild and foggy weather of this week, the latest and main third-party computer models continue to repeatedly show some very high risk and widespread snow prospects for large parts of the UK and Ireland later next week (this may shift forward a little further over the coming days).
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“By around this time next week, we will therefore be preparing for and in recognition of further widespread snow events once again, but of a more potent nature than before and over several days minimum, or within a few days later at the very least.”
“As covered within all our much earlier forecasts for this particular week starting 20th January and for potentially a little earlier than what is currently becoming in recognition from elsewhere at present…” Mr Madden went on to say.
It comes as The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for fog, which covers a huge swathe of England and parts of Wales. Fog is expected to persist through Thursday morning – and will be “dense” with “visibility below 100m” in some places, forecasters have said.
He said: “Additionally, they are also starting to show the prospects for us to tap into some even more potent cold and widespread snow during late January and into early February.”