Maps and charts from rival forecasters, including WX Charts, Ventusky and Netweather TV, show snow could hammer the country once more.
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The Met Office has spoken out with its verdict on the rumoured upcoming Beast from the East. Maps and charts from rival forecasters, including WX Charts, Ventusky and Netweather TV, show snow could hammer the country once more.
Temperatures from the forecasters are forecast to be as low as -12C by early February, with rumours of snowfall hitting the UK, including England, just weeks after Storm Goretti.
The mercury looks set to drop from January 30, which tallies with previous Beast from the East forecasts from rival forecasters, which earmarked January 31 as an upcoming likely date for the wintry shift.
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Maps show a massive patch of white stretching from coast to coast, from Norfolk and Suffolk in East Anglia to Pembrokeshire in Wales.
The snow bomb is scheduled to blanket everything north of London. The Met Office has seemingly confirmed the snow bomb in its latest forecast as the country becomes a weather “battleground”.
The forecast states: “The UK will likely continue to sit in the battleground between Atlantic weather systems attempting to push in from the west, but tending to stall in the vicinity of the UK as they encounter high pressure to the north and northeast.”
Met Office Deputy Chief Forecaster Steven Keates said: “While it does look increasingly likely that conditions will turn more widely colder into next week, the timing and extent of this colder air remains uncertain.
“There are variations between the different weather models, and although a few show very low temperature values, this is currently the minority. The majority indicate below-average temperatures from the east, but nothing too extreme at the moment.”
Krista Hammond, Met Office Space Weather Manager, explains: “There is still some uncertainty around the exact timing of the CME’s arrival, but it is expected overnight tonight or tomorrow morning. The CME is likely to result in geomagnetic storming, giving the potential to view the aurora. However, sightings are dependent on the CME arriving during hours of darkness and clear skies.
“The effects of the CME may linger into Tuesday night, with aurora sightings possible across Scotland, perhaps also Northern Ireland and northern England, where skies are clear. This is likely to wane further by Wednesday night, perhaps with some glimpses possible from the far north of Scotland.”