{"id":403093,"date":"2026-02-02T00:17:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T00:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/403093\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T00:17:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T00:17:13","slug":"bbc-and-met-office-verdict-on-uk-snowstorm-prediction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/403093\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC and Met Office verdict on UK snowstorm prediction"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are claims that a “Beast from the East” storm could bring up to 25 inches of snow\"Snow<\/p>\n

Snow falls on the Liverpool waterfront(Image: Colin Lane\/Liverpool Echo)<\/p>\n

Forecast models depict a potential blizzard sweeping the UK, bringing a nationwide snowstorm of up to 65cm (25 inches). Data from WX Charts indicates the snow may move in from Scandinavia around February 8, with a similar feel to the “Beast from the East” freezing cold in 2018.<\/p>\n

WX Charts maps show <\/a>heavy snow developing across southern England by midnight, while a broad band of heavy snowfall makes its way across Midlands, Wales, northern England and Scotland.<\/p>\n

Cities including Liverpool<\/a>, Birmingham, Newcastle and Edinburgh appear to be in the direct path as the two weather systems converge.<\/p>\n

Snow coverage <\/a>maps for February 17 show every inch of the UK shaded in purple – meaning there could be snow settled on the ground everywhere. Snow depth charts reveal the greatest accumulations will come in the Scottish Highlands, where 54cm (21 inches) is possible.<\/p>\n

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Several major cities including Liverpool, London and Birmingham could face snow(Image: WX CHARTS)<\/p>\n

However, potential snow appears to be contained to hilltops and more northern regions rather than cities, and not a national blizzard as the models suggest, according to long forecast readings from BBC Weather and Met Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The BBC <\/a>says a colder set-up is expected to develop during the second week of February as a stronger push of high pressure comes in from the north and north-west towards the UK.<\/p>\n

“Drier and calmer interludes will lead to sharp overnight frosts and risks of fog but “there is no sign of any major snow event”.<\/p>\n

The middle of February will remain colder than normal across the UK before becoming mild. BBC<\/a> Weather<\/a> said: “However, with cold air lingering for longer across the northern UK, rain bands may be preceded by snow.<\/p>\n

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Snow in Sefton Park, Liverpool(Image: Iain Watts)<\/p>\n

The Met Office’s shares a similar sentiment, claiming the wet weather may turn to snow in some hills. Leading up to Sunday, February 15, the forecast says: “As these bands of rain spread northwards, some snow will be possible in northern England and Scotland, mainly over higher ground, as they encounter colder air.<\/p>\n

Through the month “some hill snow will be possible at times as the wet weather encounters colder air across northern parts of the UK”.<\/p>\n

Rainy spells are likely across Merseyside for the next seven days with temperatures teetering around 2C.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are claims that a “Beast from the East” storm could bring up to 25 inches of snow…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403094,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55,1068],"class_list":["post-403093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}