Snow is soon expected to fall across parts of the UK — reportedly around 60% of the country — as a low pressure moves in from the west and temperatures drop rapidly
The Met Office has detailed snow is expected to fall in locations as low as 200 metres in the coming days.
In a forecast posted on YouTube, the weather agency has said snow is anticipated across large swathes of the nation, including the Northwest of England, as early as Friday. It is a stark contrast to the balmy weather last week, during which the mercury hit 19C in Greater London.
Annie Shuttleworth, meteorologist with the Met Office, said in the clip: “Quite a notable change in the air mass on Thursday night into Friday will bring a very different feel to the weather by the end of the week. It will be considerably colder to start the day (Friday). We are expecting a patchy frost particularly in sheltered areas. Sheltered because the winds will be quite strong on Friday as well.
“Now, the rain will continue to move in from the north and west. So, it’s northwestern areas that will see frequent showers, some of these falling as snow to around 200 meters. That’s relatively low for the time of year, but also a mix of hail in there as well. That brings a risk of ice too through Friday morning as well as into Saturday morning.”
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Weather maps issued by the Met Office show a messy outlook on Friday with white hues across the country, including across the Northwest of England, north Wales and parts of Scotland. A blue hue covers other parts, such as the Southwest of England.
The mercury exceed 15C in Goudhurst, Kent, on Sunday, but temperatures are anticipated to fall in the coming days. It will feel as cold as -7C on Friday — largely due to a fierce westerly wind — and remain this way throughout the weekend, notably on Sunday.
Ms Shuttleworth added: “Wherever you are, it’s going to be feeling chilly quite widely. We’ll just be in those single figures by day… Now, the general theme remains unsettled into the weekend.”
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It will be rainy on the weekend after the snow, especially across the Northwest of England. This will follow heavy rain on Thursday, particularly across the Northeast of England in the morning and most of Wales in the afternoon.
There are 21 flood warnings in place already ahead of the unsettled period. All of these are for waterways across the Southwest of England, such as Groundwater flooding for the Hooke in West Dorset and Groundwater flooding for the Till, which is in Wiltshire.
