UK blitzed by 90 hours of ‘non-stop’ snow – as far south as Cornwall, | Weather | News
According to weather maps, England will be under snow for 90 hours from Inverness to Cornwall within two weeks. According to WXCharts’ weather maps, WXCharts predicts the snow will come across the Atlantic and reach Scotland before moving across the country within three days.
The weather agency has predicted that light patches of snow could hit Aberdeen at 6am on January 4, but the real barrage will begin 24 hours later on January 5, starting in Scotland and moving towards England. Snow is expected to fall at around 1 inch per hour near Dundee around 6am, before moving into Glasgow in the early hours of the morning.
At 6pm England will be in the line of fire. Forecasts predicted that snow would move south along the west coast, from Cumbria to Manchester, but by this time the snowfall rate would be lighter.
The following day, the UK will feel a slight respite as heavy patches of snow concentrate in northern Scotland and Blackpool.
But it’s the calm before the storm, with another wave of snow predicted to hit at midnight on January 7. Less than 1 inch of snow per hour could fall in Blackpool, Manchester and Yorkshire, as well as the northern tip of Scotland.
Forecasts call for weather conditions to move in from the west by 6am, with around 1 inch of snow covering parts of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. Aberdeen and central Wales will be hit with a light coating.
By midday on 7 January the weather will spread as far south as Cornwall where very light snow cover is forecast. To the east, WXCharts is forecasting about 1 inch of snow per hour in Norfolk.
By 6pm the UK will be largely dry, with only light snow showers expected just north of London. But by this point Scotland will be completely covered from the northern tip to Glasgow, with around 1 inch of snow expected to fall per hour.
By midnight, when WXCharts predictions end, Cumbria, Northumberland and Manchester could be in the firing line; Less than an inch of snow per hour is expected; This could lead to an icy morning on January 8 as temperatures are predicted to drop well below freezing.
The Met Office admits snow forecasting is difficult and forecasts vary. The weather agency’s long-range forecast from 28 December to 6 January predicts settled, mostly dry conditions will continue across many parts of the UK in the first week of January.
However, he added that “there is a small chance of more unstable, rainy and mild weather occurring from time to time, especially in the north.”
