A SECOND January snow bomb looks set to batter England – days after the early part of the month sees a covering of the white stuff fall as the country shivers post Christmas. Maps and charts from WX Charts show a wintry blast could return on January 10.
It follows five days’ worth of snow alerts and warnings, beginning on Friday, January 3. A Met Office long range forecast shows that this weekend will not be the last of the wintery conditions, as its prediction for next week explains further snowfall could also hit later this month.
The BBC, meanwhile, warns of December 31 to January 5: “The new year will turn colder, with unsettled conditions and some wintry precipitation. A cold front will clear south-eastwards on Wednesday and introduce colder air by Thursday.
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“Winds will decrease but veer north-west to northerly and stay blustery, accompanied by a number of scattered showers of sleet and snow. Most of these will fall across windward areas in the northern UK, especially Scotland, with sheltered areas elsewhere seeing sunshine.
“A transient high pressure ridge on Saturday will soon decline, as a large and deepening low pressure system approaches from the Atlantic. Its track is uncertain but it should bring some very strong and potentially disruptive winds later on Saturday and Sunday, with some heavy bouts of rain.
“With colder air in place, these will be preceded by sleet or snow, and perhaps a localised risk of some freezing rain and ice. However, with a few days to go it’s hard to pinpoint exactly where this wintry precipitation will fall. It’s most likely to be across or around the Midlands and areas to the north of that, but there is about a 30% chance that the low pressure system and its associated rain, sleet and snow will arrive farther south, with the northern UK seeing scattered snow showers instead.”