Heavy Snow Hits Large Parts Of Britain, Causes Disruption, More To Come!

Written by on January 18, 2013 in United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
M4 near Cardiff this morning (Image source: Daily Mail)

M4 near Cardiff this morning (Image source: Daily Mail)

Well I am back home after a wonderful 2 week holiday and boy what a difference a couple of weeks make. Just a couple days after leaving for New Jersey, Cairngorm Summit which is well over 4,000ft above sea level, struck an exceptional high of 13C, the warmest on record for January and 10 days later, we are all dealing with the cold and for much of eastern, central and southern Britain, it’s all about the snow.

This is the pattern that was seen coming back at New Year, thanks to the strong strat warming signal over the pole. That very event has brought the worst wintry weather since December 2010 and I believe the worst has yet to come with this pattern.

I must say that I am a happy man, even enjoyed my holiday all that more given that as I sat in Glasgow Airport and ready to board the plane for Newark 2 weeks ago today, I wrote about the coming of snow and cold in the 7-10 day period and it indeed arrived bang on schedule.

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From the various reports I am seeing, the snow forecast for today has played out with as much as a foot of snow being reported in the ‘red warning area’, which was around the Heads of the Welsh Valleys and the Brecon Beacons. There has been a few inches fallen across much of southern, central England as well as eastern Scotland with significant disruption to road and air travel and I assume the railways too.

More potentially significant snow is expected across Southeast England on Sunday as a low pushes north from France, below is the latest GFS pressure chart which shows that low pushing towards the SE of England.

Courtesy/Owned by WeatherBELL Models

Courtesy/Owned by WeatherBELL Models

Snow projections

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Courtesy/Owned by WeatherBELL Models

Up here in Scotland it’s largely clear and cold across the west but eastern areas which are exposed to the cold southeast wind, heavy and frequent snow showers are bringing accumulating snow, some of these snow showers may push further west through the Central Belt tonight.

It will be a cold one everywhere tonight where your cloud, snowy or clear. That easterly flow is the real deal and it continue to refresh the cold air mass sitting over the UK and Ireland and this will continue through next week with more snow likely.

Don’t fret though, western Scotland, I recon much of the country will see some snow before the weekend is through and most may have a covering. Snow showers are possible Saturday and Sunday and the GFS continues to show much of the UK covered by Monday morning.

Latest GFS snow depth chart for Monday. Yes, I know it shows the Central Belt bare but time will tell.

Courtesy/Owned by WeatherBELL Models

Courtesy/Owned by WeatherBELL Models

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