UK faces snow on 'four more dates' in January with exact days announced
UK snow maps show the exact hour the next flurries in Britain are set to start. The UK is set to be hammered by a deluge of heavy rain and snow, WX Charts maps and charts - produced using modelling from the Met Desk - suggest.
South west England, the Midlands and Wales will see between 2 and 5mm of rainfall per hour on Friday 24 January, from 6am. The east coast of Scotland will be hit by 2cm snow of per hour and the west coast of Scotland, and the Highlands, could face 10cm of rain per hour.
Northern England and Scotland could see 3cm of snow per hour, kicking off at midday, with heavy flurries in Wales and the south-west of England too. The snow could also strike on Sunday 26 January, and into the early hours of Monday, January 27.
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WXCharts' maps show snow falling at a rate of around 3cm per hour just south of Edinburgh at midnight next Sunday. A Met Office forecast for January 23 onwards explains: "A transition to a rather more changeable and at times unsettled weather pattern is likely to occur during the first few days of this period."
The update from the forecasters spans into February and adds: "Outbreaks of rain and freshening winds will probably make inroads from the southwest during Thursday ahead of conditions more widely becoming wetter and windier by the weekend."
The projecttions, posted on Saturday (January 18), added: "A return to periods of rain followed by showers, often accompanied by strong winds looks likely for the rest of the month, with the potential for weather warnings or even a named storm at some point before the month is out."
The forecast said: "Temperatures at least should recover in most places, ending up near average or even a little above, though admittedly not feeling like it at times."