UK faces 643-mile snow bomb with 'exact date' flurries arrive announced

Maps and charts based on Met Desk modelling, projected by WX Charts, show flurries hammering down on the country on Friday 7 February.
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The UK faces a hammering from a 643-mile snow bomb with fresh weather maps and charts showing a deterioration in conditions. Maps and charts based on Met Desk modelling, projected by WX Charts, show flurries hammering down on the country on Friday 7 February.

From 6pm, the west of England looks at risk, with up to 2cm per hour of the white stuff falling, and everywhere from the Lake District to Wales hammered. Scotland will take the brunt of the conditions as the weather turns increasingly wintry.

A day later, Newcastle and Manchester could be hit as the snow spreads southwards to major cities. By 6pm on Saturday 8 February, areas including the Midlands and east of England are in the firing line - with East Anglia seeing 3cm per hour.

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Birmingham also faces a dusting as a result of the downturn in temperatures. Looking ahead to February, Netweather TV explained: "Mild and changeable weather is again likely early in the week, though with the wettest weather generally in the north-west of Britain, and longer drier spells towards the south-east, where there will be some ridges of high pressure nearby.

"It looks probable that at some point during the week, most likely around midweek, a brief incursion of polar air will be followed by high pressure building across the south and possibly extending into central parts of Britain as well, bringing dry weather and near average temperatures.

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"During the latter part of the week it will probably be mainly dry and sunny in southern areas with some night frosts, but predominantly mild and cloudy in Scotland (except near North Sea coasts, where it will probably be sunny on the lee side of high ground) and Northern Ireland, with westerly and south-westerly winds.

"Again there will probably be no widespread lying snow events on low ground, but wintry showers may develop quite widely around midweek prior to the build of high pressure. Generally, the week is expected to be milder than average, but less so in the south than Week 2, with most regions coming out about 1C warmer than average.

"It will probably be wetter than average overall in western Scotland, but drier than normal in eastern England and along the east coast of Scotland. Sunshine totals are likely to be above normal for most of England and Wales and eastern Scotland, but below normal in most of western Scotland."