New weather maps show a gigantic 646-mile stretch of the UK covered in snow next week, from northern Scotland all the way down to Dover in the south. Forecasts from WXCharts suggest the wall of snow could hit parts of the country from around midday on Tuesday, January 27. The wintry storm can be tracked moving in from the west over Northern Ireland before lashing Wales and the southeast with snowfall of up to 20mm per hour.
Flurries are also expected in the Midlands, alongside scattered snow showers in the north east, before the seasonal weather spreads across a mammoth stretch of the UK later in the day. The latest forecasts show the snow storm stretching over 600 miles from Inverness all the way down to Dover on the southeast coast by 6pm.
The snow is expected to set in most deeply in Scotland, with depths of up to 50cm in the Highlands, while Midland cities including Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent could see accumulation of around 6cm.
Wales could also bear the brunt of the disruptive weather spell, with up to 15cm of snow by Tuesday evening, while other affected areas will escape more lightly.
Snow is only expected to reach around 3cm in London, while Oxford and Bristol could record slightly higher depths of up to 6cm.
Only a handful of cities in northern England and the southwest are forecast to dodge the barrage, which will cap off a turbulent start to the year weather-wise, with parts of the UK battered with wind, snow and heavy rain from Storm Goretti.
The Met Office’s long-range forecast says snow is possible for this period. For the time period of 10 days after next Monday it says: “Whilst mild conditions are expected to encroach into the south and southwest at times, it is likely to turn somewhat colder through this period, bringing the risk of some snow, most likely across hills in Scotland and northern England, but perhaps extending to other areas with time.”