The Met Office’s long range forecast for Tuesday, January 8, to Saturday, January 17, warns of ‘significant snow accumulations in places, particularly on northern hills’
Snow is set to grow ever deeper across the UK with some parts of the country forecasted to vanish under drifts of to up to two feet in the coming days.
Weather charts from Metdesk show snow piling up across high ground in England. Drifts in the current period of snowfall are expected to be at their deepest over the Lake District and the Pennine Hills, as well as areas of Northern Wales.
Charts for Thursday, January 15, show deep snow stretching as far south as Birmingham while parts of Yorkshire will be under almost two feet of snow.
The deepest drifts on that day are forecast to be over the Yorkshire Dales national park, with as much as 60 cm (more than 23 inches) forecast to pile up around the Arkengarthdale area of North Yorkshire.
Meanwhile, the Met Office ’s long range forecast for Tuesday, January 8, to Saturday, January 17, has warned of “significant snow accumulations in places, particularly on northern hills”.
In the more immediate future, several parts of the UK are currently covered by Met Office Yellow snow and ice warnings with four in place over south western England and western Wales, eastern England and Scotland and Northern Ireland today.
The warnings for snow and ice are set to continue, covering much of the country until Tuesday, January 6, with Brits told to be on alert in the hazardous conditions.
Dr Agostinho Sousa, Head of Extreme Events and Health Protection at UKHSA, said: “As the colder weather sets in, it is vital to check in on friends, family and neighbours that are most vulnerable.
“The forecast temperatures can have a serious impact on the health of some people, leading to increased risk of heart attacks, strokes and chest infections, particularly for individuals over the age of 65 and those with pre-existing health conditions.”
Up to 40cm of snow could fall in some parts of Scotland in the coming days with strong winds creating temporary blizzard conditions. These conditions have the potential to lead to travel chaos, power cuts and pose “the potential risk to life and property”.
The Met Office said Sunday would bring: “Snow showers continuing to affect coastal regions, though pushing further inland across northwest England and Wales by the afternoon. Dry and sunny elsewhere, but feeling very cold in the wind.”
The outlook for Monday to Wednesday warned conditions would be “remaining cold with snow showers easing slightly on Monday, with plenty of sunshine inland. Cloudier on Tuesday with a mix of rain, sleet and snow pushing eastwards into Wednesday”.
