UK Braces for Snow as Cold Spells Continue

Parts of the UK brace for snow and wintery showers as cold spells continue.

Over the weekend, temperatures dropped below freezing for most of the country, the lowest being -8.

The chances of snow this winter are possible.

According to the Met Office, Tuesday night will bring frost to most of the country, with temperatures between -2C to -5C. The North of England and rural Scotland forecast will likely be as low as -8C.

Oli Claydon, Met Office spokesman, said, “Snow showers are expected on the North Sea coast, including Scotland and the northeast of England, from Wednesday.”

“We are not likely to see significant accumulation on the ground,” he added.

South-east England, including Hampshire, will also experience this snowfall.

“A cold week”

Meteorologist and BBC Weather presenter Simon King said, “It’s going to be a cold week with temperatures only around 2 to 7 degrees Celsius. Which is below the average for the time of year.”

“With a cold north-easterly wind, snow showers will come into northern and eastern areas of the UK, and while this will mostly be over high ground, there’s a chance that there could be snow to low levels for a time.

“There’s also a small possibility of getting some sleet or snow to southern areas of the UK later in the week too.

“Forecasting snow in the UK, in December is actually really tricky. Being an island, it’s typically not quite cold enough, and we still have a battle between milder tropical air and colder Arctic air.

“While we still have the battle of the air masses, how much rain that turns into sleet or snow is always a difficult forecast to make,” he added.

Low temperatures will persist through Tuesday and Wednesday with sunny spells.

However, Scotland and North East England will experience windy spells, showers and hill snow.

The forecast for the southwest will be colder air on Thursday, with expected showers throughout southern England and Wales turning into snow on high grounds.

The temperature peaked in double figures in southern England and Wales on Monday before dropping again on Tuesday.