Next week could bring wintry weather chaos across the UK as several cities look set for snow.
13 counties in England set to escape UK snow bomb as Met Office speak out(Image: )
Only a handful of counties in the south of England are set to escape the next 64 centimetre deep snow bomb, it has emerged. Next week could bring wintry weather chaos across the UK as several cities look set for snow.
WX Charts maps and charts, using Met Desk data, showing snow will move across the country in the early hours of January 27. At around 3am, the ECMWF weather model shows the snow will have drifted northward and eastward.
Maps for 6am show more heavy snow falling across England and southern parts of Scotland. Snow depth charts reveal as much as 64cm – or just shy of 26 inches – could settle in the Scottish Highlands.
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But not everywhere in England will be hit. Indeed, areas spared include Suffolk, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Greater London, Surrey, Kent, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Wiltshire, Somerset, Cornwall, Devon and Dorset.B
But it means Birmingham and the West Midlands will be hit. A Met Office forecast from January 27 onwards explains: “Weather systems moving in from the Atlantic will continue to attempt to push in from the west, but tending to stall in the vicinity of the UK as they encounter high pressure to the north and northeast.
“As a result, further spells of rain or showers are expected at times. These may be heavy and persistent, especially in the south and west.
“Whilst mild conditions are expected to encroach into the south and southwest at times, cold air is likely to be positioned to the northeast, bringing wintry showers.
“Where fronts from the south west do reach the cold air towards the north east, there is the risk of some snow, most likely across hills, but perhaps extending to other areas at times.”
The February 6 to February 20 outlook adds: “A similar theme is expected to continue as Atlantic frontal systems attempt to push eastwards at times.
“As the jet stream is slightly further south than normal, the wettest conditions are more likely in central and southern areas.
“North and northwestern parts of the UK are most likely to be drier than normal.
“Whilst mild incursions of wet and windy weather are favoured at times in the south and west, colder conditions in the north and northeast will bring associated wintry hazards where any precipitation attempts to spread in, especially on hills.”