UK weather forecast: Temperatures to drop to -10C as charts show return of snow

The weekend goes to be a combined bag with scattered showers and breaks of sunshine, the Met Workplace forecast reveals.

Southern areas can anticipate a mix of patchy rain adopted by brighter intervals, whereas the northern areas will encounter blustery showers. The northwest would possibly face extended and heavy rainfall,

This is the total forecast:

January 2024 turned out to be close to common when it comes to temperature and rainfall for the UK, nevertheless it was a month of contrasts.

Whereas there have been lengthy chilly snaps, storms and heavy rain, the UK additionally recorded its highest January temperature.

The nation had its sixth sunniest January on file, providing a welcome distinction to the earlier month.

Storms, temperature extremes, and various precipitation marked January’s climate, displaying how abrupt the UK climate may be.

“In fact, contrasting winter climate within the UK isn’t a brand new phenomenon,” Met Workplace senior scientist Mike Kendon mentioned. “What this January clearly demonstrates is simply how abrupt these modifications in climate sort may be.”

Since storm naming was launched in 2015 the furthest by way of the record the group has bought is to quantity 11, Storm Katie, which impacted the UK in March 2016.

This yr’s storm naming season is now only one identify away from matching 2015/16’s variety of named storms, with over seven months nonetheless to go till the record is reset once more.

Because the climate takes on a milder tone throughout the nation, aid from persistent rain is on the horizon for the Scottish Highlands.

Nevertheless, greater grounds are bracing for sturdy gales ranging between 50-60 mph right this moment, in response to Met Workplace forecast.

“We may see gales for components of Scotland, in addition to some sturdy gusts of 50-60 mph throughout the Pennines,” the forecaster wrote on X, previously referred to as Twitter.

The day is about to begin on a light however cloudy word with temperatures climbing greater than the earlier days, the Met Workplace forecast reveals. Residents within the west and northwest can anticipate intermittent rain all through the day, whereas brighter intervals are anticipated within the east and the sheltered areas on the lee facet of hills.

Regardless of the cloudy situations, temperatures are forecast to stay “very gentle”, including a contact of heat.

However some gales are anticipated in components of Scotland over the upper grounds, the forecaster says.

An earthquake has struck components of the UK, leaving locals fearing a automobile had crashed into their home.

The British Geological Survey (BGS) mentioned the three.3 magnitude quake hit the Isle of Mull within the Interior Hebrides at 7.30pm on Monday.

It mentioned motion was felt on Mull itself, on surrounding islands and on the mainland, primarily from inside round 50km of the epicentre, which was within the north west of the island.

Following a comparatively gentle finish to January, consultants have warned that snow will return to the UK subsequent week as temperatures plummet to -8C in some areas.

Jim Dale, Senior Meteorological Guide at British Climate Providers advised The Impartial: “We haven’t bought to the tip of winter but and subsequent week will probably be colder. There will probably be snow in Scotland and the north and doubtlessly within the south.”

In keeping with WXCharts, an interactive climate map supplier utilizing Met Workplace knowledge, the UK will probably be coldest on 10 February, with sure areas of Scotland and Wales seeing minimal temperatures dropping to -8C.

The maps predict widespread snow cowl with 2cm of snow falling per hour at its peak.

In its long-range forecast, the Met Workplace has additionally mentioned there will probably be some hill snow over the weekend and that “there’s a likelihood colder situations may begin to characteristic” within the second week of February.