New weather forecasts are anticipating a New Year’s white out for much of Scotland ahead of Hogmanay celebrations
After Scotland woke up to one of its mildest Christmas Days yesterday, things are gearing up to becoming grimmer towards the end of 2024, with both WX Charts and the Met Office mentioning the chances of snow.
New data from WX Charts show widespread snow covering the top half of the country on Monday, December 30, with snow to start falling from 6pm. Starting in the southwest, this front is to migrate northwards as the day goes on before clearing by Tuesday, December 31.
Met Office meteorologist Tom Morgan said: “Not a lot changes through the rest of this week and indeed this weekend, but as we move towards the New Year, we could see a change to cooler conditions and wetter conditions more widely.
“There could be some heavy rain at times and there is an increasing chance of some snow – but it’s too early to say where that snow is going to fall.”
Up to 14cm of snow is set to accumulate in the north of the Highlands, will a total 6cm could build more southwards and over Perth and Kinross. Temperatures in affected areas will range between 0C and -2C.
Meanwhile, areas further south are set to see rain and winds, with areas including Glasgow and Edinburgh expected to see 10 millimetres to fall in a 24-hour period.
It comes as Scotland’s highest daily minimum temperature records for Christmas were broken on December 25. According to the Met Office, the north saw he most of this warmth, with areas including Aultbea and Aviemore seeing 12C temperature averages, with the record warmest minimum temperature previously reaching 10.6C in Dourney, Caithness back to 1971.
Met Office meteorologist Jonathan Vautrey said: “We have provisionally seen the mildest start to Christmas on record for Scotland and Northern Ireland. Temperatures here for the last 24 hours have not dropped much below 11 or 12C in places, so very mild indeed.”
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