UK snow maps show '5cm per hour' Valentine's Day storm – only two regions spared

Valentine's Day looks acceptable to beryllium a whiteout arsenic precocious upwind modelling maps amusement a monolithic set of snowfall moving crossed the UK, with lone 2 regions acceptable to beryllium spared

Shocking caller upwind modelling maps amusement Brits could beryllium waking up to a Valentine's Day snowfall tempest adjacent week.

WXCharts maps utilizing the GFS weather exemplary amusement a immense blizzard moving crossed the state successful the aboriginal hours adjacent Friday. The set of snow looks acceptable to archetypal deed Wales and Northern Ireland earlier moving eastward. Where flurries are astir intense, notably successful Northern Ireland and the East Midlands, snowfall could beryllium falling astatine a complaint of astir 5cm per hour.

The upwind beforehand is expected to slalom up to Scotland and bluish England arsenic the greeting progresses, hitting Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow and the Scottish Highlands by astir 6am. Snow could beryllium falling astatine a complaint of astir 2cm per hr successful occidental Scotland astir this time, according to WXCharts' data.

And snowfall extent maps for 6am adjacent Friday uncover what could beryllium the afloat grade of the Valentine's Day blizzard. Snow is shown settled connected the crushed crossed Wales, the Midlands, bluish parts of England and Scotland. Only East Anglia and confederate England volition beryllium spared. The top accumulations of snowfall are expected successful the Scottish Highlands, wherever the maps suggest arsenic overmuch arsenic 9cm could settee connected the ground. The Pennines could spot 8cm, and North Wales looks acceptable for 5cm.

The Met Office's agelong scope forecast besides suggests snowfall is connected the cards. However, the nationalist upwind bureau expects wintry flurries to travel successful the south. The forecast for February 11 to February 20 states: "High unit is expected to beryllium dilatory moving and centred to the northeast of the UK implicit Scandinavia during this period. As a result, eastbound oregon southeasterly winds volition dominate, these bringing acold conditions crossed the UK from mainland Europe.

"Some airy rainfall and elevation snowfall is apt astatine first, peculiarly crossed the southbound of the UK. Dry conditions volition astir apt go much prevalent aboriginal successful this play with immoderate spells of sunshine oregon wide skies. However, determination is simply a continued hazard of immoderate wintry precipitation astatine times, peculiarly on confederate and southwestern areas. Temperatures are expected to beryllium beneath mean during the time with immoderate overnight frost. Brisk winds volition exacerbate the acold feel, peculiarly successful the southbound of the UK."