This weather map shows a 570-mile stretch of snow is expected in the UK in just one week – with two areas of Scotland set to be hit the worst.
Argyll and Bute and the Highlands are expected to see the heaviest snowfall when the temperatures plummet again next week, and Glasgow will also be affected, after a post-storm soar.
The mercury hit 10 degrees Celsius yesterday in some parts of Britain. This included the Isles Of Scilly, as the country continues to recover from the effects of Storm Éowyn, which battered the nation with rain and strong winds.
But temperatures are due to drop drastically yet again – as much as 13 degrees in some places – when wintery conditions return next week, The Mirror reports.
Forecasters at Ventusky have issued weather maps illustrating a huge band of low pressure moving in from the Atlantic by Tuesday February 4. It will be cold enough for light snow in multiple areas as far south as Powys in Wales.
The heaviest of the snow will be across Argyll and Bute and the Highlands throughout the morning, but it is believed most of the western half of the UK will see at least some flurries, even into the afternoon.
The coldest temperatures in the early hours will actually be across southern England, including in West Sussex and Surrey. However, the wintry storm isn’t thought to arrive by 9am, and will linger for some time.
The maps show the white stuff will be most widespread by noon with largest dumping expected to happen across Argyll and Bute and Scottish Highlands in the north, and Gwynedd, Wales, in the south.
It means there will be a stretch, albeit interrupted, of around 570 miles affected by the wintry turn. Cumbria will see a dusting, as will parts of Derbyshire, South Yorkshire and Lancashire throughout different points in the afternoon.
Glasgow will be one of a few large cities impacted by the weather, though it is thought conditions won’t be as disruptive as the snowstorms earlier this month.
Schools were shut, and flights and trains were cancelled due to the adverse weather. But it is understood next week’s wintry weather will be slow to clear, particularly on higher ground across the Peak District throughout Tuesday and into Wednesday.
The Met Office, though, is yet to be drawn on any certainties around next week’s picture. It acknowledges heavy rain will blight some regions, notably Northern Ireland, Merseyside and Cumbria, on Sunday and Monday before the temperatures drop.
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