All the parts of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland which face a 13-inch wall of snow NEXT WEEK have been laid bare in new weather maps. Weather maps and charts from WX Charts, which are modelled using Met Desk data, show what lies ahead.
The modelling shows a weather system moving in from the Atlantic next Saturday, bringing both rain showers and snow. Tnow could be falling at a rate of around 3cm per hour in northern England and Scotland at midday next Saturday.
There could also be scattered but heavy flurries in Wales and the south-west of England. In the early hours of January 27, meanwhile, the snow is forecast to make a return – with Scotland directly in the firing line alongside northern England.
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It will fall at a rate of around 3cm per hour just south of Edinburgh at midnight next Sunday. Accumulations predictd on the WX Charts snow depth radar show 33cm (13in) is expected to dust the North Pennines, and 28cm (11in) to Cairngorms National Park.
The Met Office forecast, which spans January 22 right through til the end of the month and into February, says: “A transition to a rather more changeable and at times unsettled weather pattern is likely to occur during the first few days of this period.
“Outbreaks of rain and freshening winds will probably make inroads from the southwest during Thursday ahead of conditions more widely becoming wetter and windier by next weekend. Whilst a milder, wetter and windier scenario is considered most likely, there remains a small chance that colder air from Europe may continue to feed into northern Britain, especially at first, increasing the chance of snowfall here.
“Towards the end of January, further periods of strong winds and heavy rain are likely to move in from the Atlantic. Whilst generally mild conditions look to close out the month, some large day to day changes in temperature are possible.”