UK snow maps show week long Arctic blast will bury Brits in 11 inches this month

A partition of acold upwind looks acceptable to descend connected parts of the state successful the coming days arsenic the sunny play conditions crook highly chilly with snowfall successful the forecast

Brits look acceptable to shiver nether a week-long Arctic blast which could dump 11 inches of snow successful the worst affected areas of the UK.

Millions crossed the state person precocious felt the brunt of storms Eowyn and Herminia. Many person enjoyed sunny conditions this play but the little respite is acceptable to extremity soon with conditions turning grim for galore - and colder, erstwhile again.

The latest maps from WXCharts amusement a immense weather strategy could soon overgarment astir of the state with snow. Some is owed from adjacent Saturday and the caller exemplary shows the week aft volition bring much snow.

On February 10, large cities including Southampton, London, Birmingham and Manchester tin expect a flurry, with the eastbound of England spared. Wales and Scotland tin expect immoderate arsenic well.

By February 12, the snowfall looks to determination northbound and eastbound with the southbound westbound of England missing retired but immoderate flurries continuing successful the superior arsenic good arsenic successful the Midlands, Yorkshire, North West and North East. In Scotland, Edinburgh and Aberdeen tin expect immoderate snow.

On February 13 snowfall looks acceptable to proceed successful the likes of London and Birmingham with 2cm expected. It volition proceed its march northbound with Newcastle and Edinburgh expected to carnivore the brunt.

On February 15, snowfall extent maps amusement conscionable however overmuch volition person fallen successful the wintry deluge, with 11 inches forecast for some. England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland tin each expect plentifulness of the achromatic worldly connected the ground.

The Met Office says of the period: “It is apt to beryllium alternatively much settled crossed the UK successful this period, particularly astatine first. High unit volition beryllium adjacent to, oregon implicit the UK, and volition astir apt drift distant dilatory eastwards with time.

“Consequently, confederate and eastbound areas are apt to spot the driest conditions, with lightest winds, which could pb to overnight frost and fog with temperatures a small beneath normal. Further northbound and west, determination is simply a hazard of incursions of Atlantic aerial and fontal systems astatine times, which would bring immoderate rainfall here, but with milder temperatures.

“There is simply a precise debased accidental that if the precocious orientates successful specified a mode that a much easterly (rather than southerly/southeasterly) travel develops, a spell of overmuch colder conditions could make crossed the UK.”