The Met Office has shared revealed parts of the nation could be hit with snow next week in an unexpected return to wintry conditions as Spring approaches
Britain is bracing itself for another bout of snowy weather in March, with the Met Office pinpointing when the wintry blast will arrive.
The forecaster has warned that certain regions will face freezing temperatures in just a few days time. According to the Met Office’s long-range weather forecast, snowfall on higher ground is expected across northern areas of the country. The outlook suggested turbulent conditions could be seen nationwide, with certain parts facing torrential downpours and gale-force winds throughout this spell.
Weather experts suggested that frontal systems will periodically impact the north and western regions of the UK. The extended forecast, covering March 5 to 14, said: “Much of this period looks like being largely dominated by high pressure, especially towards the south or southeast of the UK.
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“This will mean many places seeing plenty of dry weather with variable cloud amounts and some sunshine, the best of this towards the south or southeast, but perhaps with some fog overnight.”, reports the Express.
The forecast added: “However, frontal systems are still likely to affect the north and west of the UK at times, though, maybe also briefly affecting other parts, bringing some rain and strong winds, and perhaps a little snow to the high ground in the north. Temperatures will be near or above normal, although patchy overnight frost is still likely at times.”
Forecasters at Netweather.tv outlined in their analysis: “This week looks set to be dominated by mainly southerly and south-westerly winds, giving warm temperatures for the time of year and a west-east split. Eastern counties are likely to have plenty of dry sunny weather, with the south-east lying close to the high pressure, and the north-east being sheltered from the south-westerlies.
“Western Britain will be more prone to rain bands moving in off the North Atlantic, and these have the potential to become slow-moving at times as they run into blocking highs to the east and south-east of Britain. One or two colder showery westerlies are likely, which could bring wintry showers to low levels in parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland, though lying snow is expected to be limited only to high ground.
“Elsewhere, these may result in one or two frosty nights, but for most of the country, temperatures during these brief showery westerlies are likely to only fall to around normal for the time of year.Mean temperatures are thus expected to be above the 1991-2020 long-term normal, probably by 1 to 2C over most of England and Wales and eastern Scotland, but closer to normal in western Scotland and in Northern Ireland.
“Precipitation totals are expected to be near or rather above normal in most western areas, with above average precipitation most likely to affect the west of Wales and the south-west of England. It will generally be drier than normal in the east, especially the east of Scotland.”
Sunshine totals are forecast to be above normal in the east, again especially eastern Scotland, and near normal in most western areas, but probably below normal in parts of Wales and south-west England.
