Meteorologists from the Met Office and BBC Weather have forecasted a new 7-inch ‘snow bomb’ set to strike the UK before January draws to a close. According to WX Charts’ projections, snow could return around the 28th of January, with up to seven inches likely to fall.
The Met Office weighed in on the cold front, stating: “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.”
They continued, citing their medium-range outlook: “There is a small chance rain could become more widespread, especially mid-week, and temperatures are expected to be around average. ” BBC Weather experts have mentioned “growing uncertainty” for later in January but predict conditions will definitely be “wet”. Elaborating further, the Met Office added: “Later in the week, periods of much wetter and windier weather will most likely eventually become more prevalent, from northwest to southeast.”
Concluding their forecast, which covers from January 20 through to the end of the month (January 29), they mention the possibility of: “Ahead of this a colder, more settled southeasterly wind may develop for a time.”
However, forecasters admit there is a small chance of colder easterly winds bringing snow showers. Exacta Weather’s James Madden said: “Despite recent changes to output, the current and very latest runs from the GFS would be cold enough in combination with expected weather features to bring ample, frequent, and widespread heavy snow showers across some large parts of the UK and Ireland from around next Thursday.”
“Snow will also fall earlier in the week across parts of the far north and potentially into parts of northern England, particularly across higher ground at first (Monday to Wednesday) before increasing in risk to much lower levels later on,” Mr Madden said.