Met Office speaks out over '572 mile wall of snow' hitting UK in days

The Met Office forecasters and meteorologists have warned over incoming storms, with Isha and Jocelyn striking this week.

The Met Office has issued an update on reports of a 570-mile wall of snow smashing into the UK in February. In the wake of Christmas, the Met Office forecasters and meteorologists have warned over incoming storms, with Isha and Jocelyn striking this week.

But after milder air to end the first month of the year, some reports from WX Charts, which uses Met Desk data, say wintry conditions could hit in February. WXCharts showed a large front of snow moving from the east onto the UK from February 10.

ExactaWeather’s James Madden said: “Our projections are consistently showing up the potential for another temporary snow event towards the end of the working week and into next weekend that could bring further heavy snow to the north/Scotland, and potentially to parts of northern England, Wales and Northern Ireland/Ireland within this period.

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“This is only likely to be a passing snow event for later next week and not the return of the cold and snow proper. However, we do expect some major snow and cold weather to start gaining significant ground to return for in and around February 2 and 3, possibly a little earlier or later depending on a small standard deviation for any timeline changes between now and then.

“A strong Greenland blocking pattern is also something that we have repeatedly and consistently insisted would happen for February and from as early as September, due to an earlier and now confirmed sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) event.”

In its own forecast for early February, which lasts until February 9, the Met Office said: “Cloud and outbreaks of rain move across the UK with rainfall easing through Wednesday before a further system renews rainfall across NW areas later in the week.

“Rain heaviest in the northwest whilst some southern parts cloudy but remaining dry. Subsequently changeable with spells of rain at times, but also some drier, brighter interludes. The heaviest and most frequent rain will tend to be across north-western areas and accompanied by periods of strong winds.

“Further south and east settled periods are likely to be more prevalent, with the best of any sunshine and drier weather here. Temperatures are expected to be milder than average overall, although this doesn’t preclude shorter, colder spells at times, with a risk of overnight frost and fog accompanying more settled conditions.