Where's The Snow?Added : Saturday at 14:45 We're now into the final month of meteorological winter and many of us in Britain and Ireland have yet to see any snowfall yet this winter. However, it's not just us missing out on snow, which to be fair isn't actually that uncommon as we do sit on the doorstep of the North Atlantic Ocean, but parts of Scandinavia, notably the cities of Oslo and Helsinki, have just recorded a snow-less January which is virtually unheard of.
So, we hear you ask, is this going to change? The answer, for much of Britain and Ireland anyway, is no despite a brief colder shot of air moving south-eastwards across the country on Tuesday before a ridge of high pressure builds in to cut the cold flow off and eventually allow milder air to return later in the week.
Here's the forecast chart for Sunday lunchtime:
Low pressure is pushing in from the west bringing a band of rain with it, which will fall as snow over some Scottish hills and mountains as it meets the colder air here:
By Monday this low has pushed further east to allow strong to gale force west/north-westerlies to develop across many areas:
These winds will bring somewhat colder air with them, and so showers will turn increasingly wintry over high ground in the north:
These showers continue into Tuesday but will slowly become less frequent as pressure rises from the southwest whilst temperatures will be close to normal for early February, so colder than of late but nothing out of the ordinary:
In fact, the most wintry conditions most of us are likely to see will come in the form of frost on Tuesday and Wednesday nights before milder air returns from the west by the end of the week:
Pressure rising over mainland Europe by Friday brings a return of the south-westerlies:
METEOROLOGIST: BARBER |