Maps and data from WX Charts have revealed that the majority of the UK is set to plummet into frosty conditions from mid-April.
The UK could shiver in a fresh Beast from the East in April, it is feared. Maps and data from WX Charts have revealed that the majority of the UK is set to plummet into frosty conditions from mid-April.
According to the data, snow could blanket cities including London, Newcastle and Birmingham on April 12. In Ireland, major cities including Dublin and Belfast could experience snow.
Most of Wales is also covered on the map, as well as Scotland. Giving its week-by-week verdict, which spans April 14 onwards, Netweather TV explained the “period may see the weather turn more unsettled at times with high pressure over northern Britain slackening and allowing low pressure systems and fronts to push in from the south-west at times.”
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It states: “It does not look likely that we will move into a full-blown Atlantic westerly dominated regime, with slack areas of low pressure the more likely outcome, perhaps leading to a fair amount of showery weather at times with occasional longer outbreaks of rain, particularly in the south.
“High pressure is likely to often be close to the north which will probably again result in drier than average weather overall in most parts of Scotland. Relatively frequent easterly winds and lower pressure may result in low cloud being quite frequent near North Sea coasts of eastern Scotland and north-east England, but north-west Scotland is likely to remain mostly dry and sunny.
“Temperatures will probably be near to slightly above the long-term normal during this week, with rainfall totals below normal in most of Scotland, particularly the north-west, but a chance of above-average rainfall in south-western Britain.
Averaged over the UK, it will probably still be a little drier than normal. Sunshine is expected to be near normal for most of the UK, but below normal near north-eastern coasts and above normal in north-west Scotland.”
Nick Finnis, meanwhile, said: “The outlook continues to remain dry for much of the country over the coming few weeks, perhaps for the first half of April, thanks to a persistent blocking high pressure system close to or over the British Isles. 00z GFS, below, shows most of the UK and the near continent dry as a bone for the 1st 10 days of April at least! More rain on the way for Iberia though this week – especially Portugal and western Spain.”