A return to winter weather this weekend

A return to winter weather this weekend

The way the weather has shaped up this week in terms of mildness, you could have been easily fooled into thinking that winter was over for this year. However, I did clearly state only last Saturday that:

Even though it is set to turn milder once again as we head into the start of next week, I still feel that the remainder of February and into the start of spring could still bring a number of notable wintry blasts of cold and snow to the UK that the professional meteorologists are possibly underestimating (and as I originally forecast).

I also stated:

Although the periods of moderation are likely to be less brief than I had anticipated in my original calculations for this period.

So as we head into this weekend, it is set to turn colder and fairly unsettled across most parts of the UK. A number of weather fronts look set to bring a wintry mix of rain, sleet, snow and strong winds to the UK. Saturday will see a wintry mix pushing its way eastwards across the UK, before clearing some parts of eastern England later. This could offer some potentially heavy falls of snow across higher ground as the front approaches these parts, with the possibility of snow to some lower levels too. Another wintry mix of rain, sleet and snow looks set to initially move in across parts of western and southern England throughout Sunday. Sunday will also remain relatively cold and unsettled, with the potential for some further wintry showers in the north too.

No severe weather warnings have been issued, and the current Met Office outlook for this weekend states two lines of text, which currently read:

Met Office Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

On Friday, mostly mild and dry, but cloudy. Conditions this weekend will then turn less mild and more unsettled, with some rain spreading eastwards.

Updated: 0314 on Wed 29 Feb 2012

James Madden (UK Long Range Forecaster)

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Published: Wednesday 29^thFebruary 2012 (13:57) GMT
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18th February 2012 - Snow Showers

18th February 2012

Some of the snow showers affecting parts of Scotland and northern England during Saturday will now extend into the early hours of Sunday morning too, especially across some north west coastal regions. Mixed in with the very cold temperatures expected to develop throughout Saturday night and into Sunday, this could lead to some potentially dangerous conditions on the roads at times.

James Madden (UK Long Range Forecaster)

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Turning colder again across most parts

Turning colder again across most parts

After a mild and windy day across the UK today, things are set to turn much colder again through the next few days and into this weekend, including areas further south too. As we progress through Wednesday night and into Thursday, there will be some wintry showers at times across higher ground in northern parts of the UK. Thursday day will see wintry showers become quite prominent across northern and western parts of the UK. Some of these wintry showers will fall as snow across higher ground in these parts, with the possibility of some snow showers to lower levels at times in these parts too.

Friday and into the weekend will see much clearer skies and remain cold across most parts. There will however be a continuation of wintry showers across some northern and western parts at times, especially across higher ground. Overnight frosts will also create icy patches throughout Friday and into this weekend, which could lead to some dangerous driving conditions at times.

James Madden (UK Long Range Forecaster)

ExactaWeather.com

Published: 25th January 2012 (13:31) GMTContent copyright © 2010-2011. Exacta Weather. All rights reserved.