Turning Milder For a Time

The United Kingdom has seen some cold and at times snowy conditions over the last two weeks particularly across more Southern and Eastern areas but it looks like we’ll finally be seeing some milder weather arriving through the weekend and into the early part of next week. whilst the cold weather may initially cling onto the far South-East even here, by early next week it looks like temperatures will be reaching 5-6c. The reason being is High Pressure is shifting and that’s allowing some milder air into the flow which is now beginning to reach surface levels too.

High Pressure looks increasingly likely to develop more to the West of the country which will bring generally dry weather away from the far North where we’re likely to see more in the way of cloud and perhaps some rain from time to time.

As we move through the course of the week much the same is expected however with High Pressure developing out to the West there becomes an increasing risk of colder weather returning from the North, it’s still early days yet but i’ll keep you updated.

**Snow Warnings**

**Snow Warning Issued**

I issued my last update a couple of hours ago and since then, the models have started to agree on where the snowfall is likely to be through tomorrow and into Friday, I have therefore decided to issue a weatherwarning today, rather than tomorrow.

Valid: Thursday 9th – Friday 10th February

Issued For: Heavy Snowfall

Through the course of Thursday a warm front pushing Southwards across the United Kingdom will begin to turn increasingly to snow as it runs into some colder air. Whilst exact snowfall amounts are uncertain the models have got good agreement on where the snowfall is likely to fall during Thursday and Thursday night into Friday.

Orange Zone:  (See Map Below) A weather warning has been issued for this area for some significant snowfall, accumulations in the range of 6-10cm are expected through the course of Thursday and into Thursday night, driving conditions are likely to become dangerous for a time.

Yellow Zone: (See Map Below) A weather advisory has been issued for this area, whilst snowfall is expected to be fairly light and quite patchy in nature accumulations of 1-3cm are possible and due to possible real time shifts in this weather system these areas meet the criteria for an advisory.

Fridays Snow Risk

Through the course of Thursday night and into Friday area of rain is expected to push Southwards across the country and as it hits the colder air currently in place it’s likely to turn to snow. There’s still some uncertainty over totals and which areas are likely to see the worst of the snowfall but I think the Midlands South-Eastwards are likely to see a period of heavy snowfall with some fairly large accumulations in places.

The map below is to be taken as a guide, an update to this and a weather warning will be issued on Thursday evening to take into account all the latest information.