As expected, widespread, heavy and disruptive snow swept in overnight cutting short a cold night with a penetrating frost. It was the first significant snow for the Central Lowlands and 2nd and in some cases 3rd significant snow for parts of northern and central England bringing beautiful scenes but tricky travel.
Latest imagery shows it's a wet ?️ start across much of the south, with #snow ❄️feeding into parts of northern England and southern Scotland. Stay #weatheraware pic.twitter.com/TLfp43w4Jl
— Met Office (@metoffice) December 29, 2017
Here's where it's still #snowing ❄️Not much longer before the front moves into the North Sea #weatheraware pic.twitter.com/aJcIrHiDVV
— Met Office (@metoffice) December 29, 2017
The motorways around Glasgow weren’t in the best of condition for this morning’s rush.
Neither was the airport.
Glasgow airport closes temporarily as snow hits parts of Scotland and northern England https://t.co/Rv0Jl92j68
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) December 29, 2017
Heavy snow has led to major disruption to flights at Glasgow Airport. ?️ ✈️https://t.co/JezaPEjUrm pic.twitter.com/LcQEsT3rDU
— BBC Scotland News (@BBCScotlandNews) December 29, 2017
Scene from around my streets in Milton of Campsie and near Kilsyth this morning.
Credit: Mark Vogan
Credit: Mark Vogan
Credit: Mark Vogan
Credit: Mark Vogan
The NASA satellite imagery shows snow covered ground across the UK & Ireland yesterday – falsely coloured red to distinguish between cloud (white/orange) pic.twitter.com/IVZ6DnK9bX
— Simon Cardy (@weather_king) December 29, 2017
This afternoon’s temperature profile shows the cold hanging on across the North but turning increasingly milder in the South.
Temperatures are hovering around #freezing across parts of Scotland and northern England this afternoon, but milder air is slowly creeping in from the southwest pic.twitter.com/75NChxM09s
— Met Office (@metoffice) December 29, 2017
Under clearing skies following today’s snowy weather, ice will quickly form this evening.
Credit: BBC Weather
Temperatures usually fall at night, and although it will stay #cold across Scotland, much of southern Britain will see figures rise as cloud and rain moves in! pic.twitter.com/P5I7arD708
— Met Office (@metoffice) December 29, 2017
Ahead of Storm Dylan which crosses Ireland tomorrow and impacts particularly the Northern UK New Year’s eve will help drive the mild currently over the southwest north into Scotland tomorrow.
Credit: BBC Weather
Mild New Year’s Eve.
New Year's Eve: A blustery day with #sunshine & #showers – most of the showers will be in the north and west of the UK with #gales around some southern and western coasts. #Mild in the south again. Stav D pic.twitter.com/wp3ApSTlIA
— BBC Weather (@bbcweather) December 29, 2017
If you've got plans to be out and about at midnight on #NewYearsEve ??then you might need to be prepared for a shower or two. ☔️ pic.twitter.com/JMTcvmn52J
— Simon King (@SimonOKing) December 29, 2017
Low pressure initially warms southern Britain while snow cover slows the warming process in Scotland but eventually the mild wins out.
Credit: Tropical Tidbits
Credit: Tropical Tidbits
Credit: Tropical Tidbits
Of course with the return of milder Atlantic air comes the return of wetter and windier.
Nasty looking low for Hogmanay.
Credit: Tropical Tidbits
That system is quickly replaced by another low for New Year’s Day.
Credit: Tropical Tidbits
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