Weather Beaten UK: Heavy Snow, Then Stormy, Then Colder….

Old man winter has certainly been tightening his grip in the last 24 hours as snow becomes more widespread and disruptive across many parts of Ireland and the UK. The Met Office were right to issue it’s first Amber (Be prepared) snow warning in 2 years yesterday as heavy snow has impacted many parts overnight into this morning.

CREDIT: BBC Scotland

CREDIT: BBC Scotland

This satellite image shows the extent of snow cover across the UK.

CREDIT: Metdesk

CREDIT: Metdesk

Northern roads are currently in bad condition. Here’s the A9 at Drumnochter Summit just now!

CREDIT: Traffic Scotland

CREDIT: Traffic Scotland

Here are some shots captured from the overnight snowfall.

Derry, Northern Ireland

CREDIT: Gabriel Campbell

CREDIT: Gabriel Campbell

CREDIT: Gabriel Campbell

CREDIT: Gabriel Campbell

Braco, Highland

CREDIT: Jessica✌️ @JessicaLOKelly

CREDIT: Jessica✌️ @JessicaLOKelly

CREDIT: Jessica✌️ @JessicaLOKelly

CREDIT: Jessica✌️ @JessicaLOKelly

Aviemore, Highland

CREDIT: ScotRail

CREDIT: ScotRail

CREDIT: spud @spudthepiper

CREDIT: spud @spudthepiper

CREDIT: spud @spudthepiper

CREDIT: spud @spudthepiper

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Here comes our next trouble maker. Sure, it going to warm-up but wind and rain is next to cause us problems.

Check out this water vapour image showing a deep plume of moisture extending from the Bahamas to NE Atlantic.

CREDIT: Anthony Sagliani

CREDIT: Anthony Sagliani

When you see this, you know there’s a tremendous amount of fuel (tropical) to power this rapid deepener off Ireland. Pressure is estimated to drop 54mb within 24 hours with a peak central pressure down near 940mb just off Donegal early Thursday morning.

CREDIT: AccuWeather Pro

CREDIT: AccuWeather Pro

CREDIT: AccuWeather Pro

CREDIT: AccuWeather Pro

This is another major wind maker but because of the snow cover etc, flooding will be an issue tonight through tomorrow.

Colder air along with snow makes a speedy return following the passing of the storm’s cold front.

Once this thing passes, it sets off a colder pattern. Yes, colder!

Watch as heights build to the west of Ireland in the wake of the storm. This sets the scene for a colder, somewhat more stable pattern this weekend into next week.

CREDIT: AccuWeather Pro

CREDIT: AccuWeather Pro

CREDIT: AccuWeather Pro

CREDIT: AccuWeather Pro

With cold air in place and surface pressure building, expect some very cold days and nights to come Friday onwards!

The EPS control 7-day mean 500mb height anomalies show nicely the trough and low thicknesses supporting a cold upcoming 7 days. Mean thicknesses of 522 supports further snowfall when precipitation is available. Notice the positive either side.

CREDIT: AccuWeather Pro

CREDIT: AccuWeather Pro

The following 7 days (7 through 14 day) shows the trough core diving further south with positive heights linking Greenland with Scandinavia but staying NORTH of the UK. That’s a cold setup for us here as well as the near continent including the Low Countries as well as Denmark.

CREDIT: AccuWeather Pro

CREDIT: AccuWeather Pro

See video for today’s discussion.

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  1. bev says:

    Hi mark will we get any snow in cornwall

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