The latest weather forecast maps show a bitter cold front descending over the UK over the next few days, with snowfall coming hand-in-hand as the country should be warming up
Brits have been dealt another weather blow as the latest weather map show an incoming wintry freeze just a few days before the long Easter weekend.
Forecasts across the country have ranged from grey and wet to bright and cold as the typical temperate back-and-forth of spring continues. Temperatures have remained broadly in the mid-to-high single figures in the morning, before reaching into the teens in the afternoon, around the average for the time of year.
But maps suggest the mercury could nosedive in the days to come, plunging as low as -6C, even causing snow during what should be the warmest times of day.
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The latest maps from WXCharts show a cold blast approaching from the northwest this coming week, with the mercury sliding down nearly 20C in total.
While highs of 14C are possible in the UK today, come tomorrow, they could drop into the minus range. Charts show the cold blast gripping the Scottish coast from 6am on April 1, gradually driving temperatures down over the following few hours to -2C over the Highlands that evening.
By 12am on April 2, the cold will deepen still, bringing temperatures down to -4C on the west coast, and -5C and -6C further east, with the chill eventually covering the entire home nation by 12pm.
As the severe cold takes shape above Scotland, so too will snow, winter weather maps from the same provider, which uses data from MetDesk, suggest. The Scottish Highlands will bear the vast brunt of the snowfall, which will only last until around 6pm that day, and pour out less than an inch in total.
The long-range weather forecast, which covers April 4 to 13, states that the weather will remain unpredictable through the remainder of the Easter break .
But the forecast states there is an added possibility of “occasional warmer spells”, likely confined to the typically hotter parts of the country. The agency said: “It is increasingly likely that unsettled conditions will affect the UK over the Easter Holiday weekend, with the potential for strong winds and heavy rain at times.”
“The wettest and windiest weather is more likely towards the west and north of the country. Beyond Easter, a broad northwest-southeast split is most likely, though the extent of high pressure into southern areas is unclear.
“That said, northern and western parts are more likely to remain rather unsettled overall, with further spells of wind and rain, and areas further southeast should see the best of the drier, clearer interludes. Temperatures probably fairly close to average overall, but occasional warmer spells are possible in the south.”
