After days of being battered by horrid weather from Storm Darragh, Brits are being told to buckle up for more cold weather as news maps predict where in the UK snow will fall before Christmas
Brits are being told to prepare for a seven-day snow blitz just a week after the UK was battered by strong winds and heavy rainfall.
New weather maps predict Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland will experience another cold snap next Monday, with snowfall set to hit the north of the countries. Major cities such as London and Manchester are forecast for rains, with parts of Wales and areas along the south coast also affected.
It’s thought the snowfall could persist up until the following weekend, with snowfall across large parts of the country predicted up until Saturday, December 21. This time, London and southern areas of Wales are expected the get majority of snow. Most of the rest of the UK is forecast to have snow or accumulations of snow by 6am that day, with more severe snowfall in northern Scotland.
In the following two days, close to Christmas, more snow is expected to fall and move to the southern areas, though not as far as the capital.
British Weather Services forecaster Jim Dale thinks it still isn’t clear where if the UK will see snow over the festive period. He told the Express: “If anywhere’s going to see any snow pre-Christmas, in those few days before, it’s probably going to be Scotland and more likely to be the higher ground of Scotland than it is anywhere else.”
Jim said that there is a “long ways to go,” adding: “We just have to be a little bit patient and see how the models handle this. But at the moment the favourite areas are tending to be Scandinavia through central, eastern Europe, even as far south as Greece sometimes, that sort of area.”
Next week, Brits are also expecting to be hit with a rare weather phenomenon just days after it was battered by strong winds and rainfall. The United Kingdom, including Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland felt the full force of Storm Darragh over the weekend, with two people tragically being confirmed dead on Saturday. The Met Office issued a rarely seen red warning for parts of the south west of England as people were told to stay at home as there was a “danger to life”.
Weather maps have now suggested people should expect “freezing rain”, which is not common at all. It is expected to hit next weekend, with the north getting most of the bad weather, according to Ventusky weather maps. The north east of Scotland, from Aberdeen down to Scotland is expected to be hit by the rare weather.
At the same time, snow was forecasted to fall in the most northern parts of the UK, the weather maps showed. There could be a few millimetres of snow per hour falling everywhere between Glasgow and Aberdeen.
