The latest ECMWF snow depth chart, shared by forecaster WX Charts, shows snow depths reaching up to 79cm in parts of Scotland by early February.
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The next UK snow bomb has been upgraded to 31 inches – with towns and cities warned. The latest ECMWF snow depth chart, shared by forecaster WX Charts, shows snow depths reaching up to 79cm in parts of Scotland by early February.
The maps and charts, using Met Desk data, show the deepest accumulations in eastern and central Scotland. Snow intensifies, according to the maps, with purple and pink covering the country.
Snow showers could even worsen to BLIZZARDS at times. Temperatures are also forecast to plunge, with lows of -13C possible in parts of Scotland at times as the mercury plunges.
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The worst of the weather is likely around February 2, with the maps showing a huge blob of colour – signifying wintry showers – across Britain.
James Madden, from Exacta Weather, said: “We are now going to see much colder conditions ushering in across our shores from a much colder source to the east and north of us in terms of a cold easterly, and/or northeasterly or even northerly winds ‘at times’.
“However, these colder sources of Arctic air and the colder evening/morning conditions that are likely to develop across our shores will now bring a much colder feel to affairs and will also coincide with some frequent and major low pressure features at certain times and bands of rain pushing in from the Atlantic during next week and then again later (first ones around midweek or Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday).”
He said: “Additionally, the snow projections and the first snow of this expected cold and snowy period of next week have now shifted forward to as early as Wednesday to Thursday of next week in some places with some differences for each day but to also coincide initially with ‘wind’ and ‘rain bands’ turning to snow or heavy snow or transient snow in places as it clashes with the ‘gradually becoming colder’ conditions in place across our shores.”
He said: “However, and importantly, beyond these midweek dates and the days of around midweek and Wednesday/Thursday, we will then see the cold easterly winds really starting to take a firm grip and stronghold as they make inroads across our shores, and widespread and heavy and accumulating snow showers are likely to start forming and travelling in an east to west and north to south direction across many parts of the country and leaving blankets of snow in its wake, particularly from around THURSDAY to SUNDAY/MONDAY and also ‘beyond’ this is when we will now see widespread and accumulating snow and ample weather warnings being issued for snow for many.”