UK faces 265mph snow storm this week with 'exact date' it starts announced

UK is bracing for a huge storm set to arrive next week and a WX Chart weather map, projected using Met Desk modelling, shows when rain and snow could hit.
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The UK faces a 100mph weather bomb again - as a weather forecaster speaks out over the country facing a battering. The UK is bracing for a huge storm set to arrive next week from the US and a WX Chart weather map, projected using Met Desk modelling, shows when rain and snow could hit.

BBC weather presenter Chris Fawkes warned: "We've got an exceptionally strong jet stream, possibly the strongest I've ever seen actually, with winds of 265mph. Very fast flights are expected this week going from the US to London."

He added that this will create an area of low pressure which will "explosively deepen" and added: "This is going to be a weather bomb." Mr Fawkes concluded that this will mean a "stormy end to the week" with Friday set to be the worst day.

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On its website, the BBC says: "Temperatures should fall to seasonal levels or slightly below, especially in the east and south-east of the UK. From the middle of next week there's increasing uncertainty, with wet and windy conditions emerging from the south-west. However, it will initially be colder and drier farther north-east of the UK. Later on it should become generally mild and unsettled."

A Met Office forecast spanning Friday (January 24) into February explains: "The change to much more unsettled conditions will begin on Friday as a deep area of low pressure, which is yet to develop, will be steered towards the UK on a powerful Jet Stream - fuelled by the recent cold spell over North America.

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"A wet and windy few days are likely, with some snow in the north for a time, and then a continuation of these periods of rain followed by showers, often accompanied by strong winds, looks likely for the rest of the month and the start of February. There is the potential for weather warnings or even a named storm at some point.

"Temperatures at least should recover in most places, ending up a little above average, though admittedly not feeling like it at times."