630-mile ice bomb set to batter UK

United Kingdom (Commonwealth Union)_If you thought the early spring flowers and slightly lighter evenings were a sign of better weather to come, think again.

Britain is poised for another wintry blast later this month, with parts of the country to be bombarded with a blanket of snow.  Meteorologists have warned Brits in some regions may see up to four inches of snow.  Britain is set for an Arctic blast this week with plummeting temperatures before a 630-mile ice bomb reportedly hits the country, ahead of a 630-mile ice bomb arriving and bringing heavy snow across many areas.

Brits are set to shiver in -5C temperatures with up to four inches of snow in parts of the UK later this month as February will bring more ‘wet and windy’ winter weather

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Many areas had a milder weekend but the colder conditions are about to return with plunging temperatures. Ominous winds are moving in from the east which are generally icy at this time of the year.

Weather maps from WXCharts meanwhile, show that the heavy snow is expected to come this coming Saturday, 24^th February, with the majority of the United Kingdom seeing flurries as the ice bomb covers a 630-mile area. It is visible on the maps falling from the north of Scotland down towards Bristol with it landing at 10mm per hour in some locations.

Manchester, Edinburgh and Sheffield are set to be the worst affected, seeing the deepest snowfall, but southern areas including Birmingham, Cambridge and Oxford will also see a reasonable-sized covering. Scotland will see the heaviest snow falling in an icy snap which is set to carry on until the end of the month.

According to the maps, temperatures, are expected to start dropping noticeably by midweek and could be as low as -5C in northern areas, but the Met Office is more cautious about how cold it will get and has said there is a lot of uncertainty about how the weather will play out during the coming weeks.

Met Office forecaster Annie Shuttleworth looking ahead said they were then expecting the high to build across eastern areas of the UK and that there was some uncertainty but the general details were for a large area of high pressure to develop to the east of the UK and a large area of low pressure to develop to the west of the UK.  Where exactly that high and low in relevance to the UK is, was a little bit uncertain and unfortunately since the United Kingdom is a lot smaller in comparison to that high and low pressure, it will mean that there is a big differences to the weather depending on where it sits.

And the Met Office forecast from February 16-25 reads: “This period will likely begin with cloud and rain moving away from east or southeast Britain to give a brief more settled spell with patchy overnight fog or frost. How long this drier weather lasts is uncertain, since mild, cloudy conditions with outbreaks of drizzle or rain are expected to return from the west or southwest either later in the first weekend or early during the following week.

“Further into the period, spells of wet and windy weather remain likely, these probably more focused than usual across south and southwest UK, while there is a higher chance of colder, brighter interludes across the north. Towards the second weekend, there is a chance that less changeable conditions may become more widely established.”

List of places projected to see snow:

• Cumbria
• Lancashire
• Parts of Yorkshire
• Greater Manchester
• Stirling
• Scottish Highlands
• Aberdeenshire