Striking weather maps show wintry conditions will kick in from midnight on Wednesday March 25, with Scotland most affected before snow moves into eastern England by the evening
These striking weather maps show the UK is set for a dramatic shift — with temperatures to plunge and snow to fall across at least 18 regions.
Snowfall is likely in the coming days across multiple areas, including Essex and Suffolk in the south, Powys in the west and the Scottish Highlands in the north. The maps, created by WXCharts using Metdesk data, depict several large white and grey patches across different parts of the nation, expected to arrive early on Wednesday March 25.
The wintry conditions are predicted to start as early as midnight on Wednesday and persist into the evening. Scotland appears to be the most impacted area, with a forecast for 3am showing council areas including Aberdeenshire, Argyll and Bute, and Perth and Kinross bracing for snow in the early hours. Temperatures are also anticipated to plummet to lows of -4C.
Parts of northern England, such as Northumberland and North Yorkshire, will also witness snow in the early hours, before it dissipates by evening and shifts into the East of England. By 6pm, lighter snow is forecasted to blanket parts of Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex and Norfolk, whilst depths across Scotland are predicted to rise to up to four inches.
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Rainfall is also expected throughout the day, with many areas likely to see sleet build-up at some point. The Met Office also predicts a sudden shift in weather patterns this week, reports the Express.
Steven Keates, Met Office deputy chief forecaster, stated: “After a spell of mild and brighter weather, the UK will become increasingly unsettled in the coming days. A series of weather fronts will bring bouts of rain, strong winds and much colder air by midweek. Wednesday could be quite a shock to the system.”
It will be a huge change to the recent balmy weather. For instance, the mercury hit 16C in Cardiff and 15C in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire on Sunday. It was a particularly sunny day too, with 8.3 hours of sunshine recorded in Hurn, which is in Dorset.
But Jo Farrow, a meteorologist with Netweather, wrote on its blog: “For the new working week, the trend is to colder conditions with mention of snow showers from the northwest. It will become windy as the settled weather under the current high pressure is shoved aside by an Atlantic low pressure.
“This low pressure will bring rain and blustery winds to northwest Scotland on Monday, then slide south of Iceland towards the Norwegian Sea. Its cold front will bring rain down over central Britain and Northern Ireland, with the plunge of cold Arctic air following for the middle of this week.”
List of areas expected to see snow on Wednesday
- Aberdeenshire
- Angus
- Argyll and Bute
- Cumbria
- Cambridgeshire
- Glasgow
- Gwynedd
- Essex
- Highland
- Moray
- Northumberland
- Norfolk
- North Yorkshire
- Orkney Islands
- Perth and Kinross
- Powys
- Scottish Borders
- Shetland Islands
- Suffolk
