Met Office warns bitter 'Beast from the East' type winds to blast UK with wintry showers

Ferocious winds and freezing temperatures are acceptable to blast the UK this week, bringing different imaginable 'Beast from the East' - which could past for respective days and spark large disruption

The UK whitethorn beryllium pummelled with different 'Beast from the East' benignant upwind lawsuit this week, bringing much dense snow and freezing temperatures that could past for respective days.

This is down to a blast of precocious unit making its mode from the UK towards Scandinavia, sparking assertive gusts and freezing temperatures by Friday, February 7, the Met Office says. Meteorologist Aidan McGivern explained: "By the extremity of Friday, we've got this progressively breezy weather coming successful from the East.

"These are the results of precocious unit relocating from the UK to Scandinavia. Easterly winds astatine this clip of twelvemonth are ever going to beryllium cold, and so done the weekend, this peculiar easterly volition beryllium acold capable to springiness immoderate sleet and snowfall showers, particularly crossed eastbound and confederate parts of the UK."

He said that portion not each easterlies tin beryllium likened to 2018's Beast from the East, determination is simply a accidental that if these winds proceed into adjacent week, adjacent colder aerial whitethorn arrive. McGivern added: "If it continues passim adjacent week, there's ever the anticipation that adjacent colder aerial volition arrive, and with the further risks of wintry weather", earlier adding that is does look similar easterly upwind volition beryllium the ascendant upwind signifier passim adjacent week.

As we attack the extremity of the week, the UK volition crook colder with wide overnight frosts, the Met Office warned successful it's long-range forecast.

From Sunday February 9, until Tuesday February 18, the forecaster said: "High unit volition apt beryllium to the northeast of the UK during this period. Consequently, winds crossed galore areas are apt to travel from an easterly quadrant, exacerbating the acold feel, with temperatures often beneath average.

"At first, determination is the accidental of much wide precipitation, astir apt chiefly rain, crossed southernmost areas, earlier this clears away. Thereafter, determination is simply a hazard of immoderate sleet oregon snowfall showers feeding successful connected the eastbound to southeasterly wind, though galore places whitethorn stay dry.

"Also a tiny accidental of Atlantic fronts making inroads from the west, particularly aboriginal successful this period, which could besides bring the anticipation of astatine slightest transient snow. Overnight frost is apt to diagnostic during this period, peculiarly wherever skies are clear."