Exact date snow from new 'Beast from the East' expected to hit UK shown in weather maps
A weather expert has earmarked a week-long period where he suggests another 'Beast from the East' weather event will hit the UK, bringing heavy snowfall. Brits will well remember the freezing conditions and snow which brough the country to standstill in many areas back in 2018.
It led the Met Office to issue a very rare red warning at the time, which warned there was a significant threat to life. While it's uncertain if the upcoming snow will match those extremes, forecaster James Madden from Exacta Weather has identified a seven-day window when the country might face a "very snowy period".
In a TikTok video, Madden warns that the Beast from the East is "waking" and predicts disruptive heavy snow. He said it will most likely arrive between February 8 and February 15.
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He said: "Towards the end of the working week and into next weekend will see more of an Easterly and/or northerly/NE influence starting to take shape across our shores to deliver at least a several day cold and very snowy period for our exact quoted and much earlier dates starting around 'February 8-15'."
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Weather maps from WX Charts, utilising the ECMWF weather model, trace a blizzard traversing Europe from the east on February 10, making landfall in East Anglia around noon. The data indicates snow will be falling at a rate of approximately 1cm per hour in these initial flurries, with London, the Midlands and Yorkshire also targeted.
They show only Northern Ireland is likely to escape the cold snap. The Met Office hasn't dismissed the chance of a cold snap from the east, though it's deemed unlikely. Their forecast for 7-16 February mentions: "There is a very low chance that if the high orientates in such a way that a more easterly (rather than southerly/southeasterly) flow develops, a spell of much colder conditions could develop across the UK, with a risk of wintry showers in some parts."
Looking further ahead, they suggest: "It is most likely that high pressure to the east or northeast of the UK will dominate at first in some form or another."