Very Dangerous Weather will Become More Widespread from Monday Night, lasting for Much of the Week!

The dangerously cold weather is set to continue, not only continue but get even worse.  Our main concern into the new week will be all of North East England, Yorkshire, The Pennines, much of East Anglia and Kent & the Sussexes – as particularly extreme weather looks likely.  Chief forecaster Keithy Joe explains:

As we move into this week low pressure moving East across the near continent will draw in a bitterly cold and strong airflow.  Winds will become strong everywhere, but especially  close to Eastern Britain and the South East with local gales developing.  As the winds pick up so do the snow showers which are expected to become more widespread at times, perhaps merging into spells of more general snow – some of this on the very heavy side towards Eastern coasts. With winds increasing, the risk of blizzards increase; more prominent to higher ground but even to lower levels at times towards the East.   The combination of the strength of the wind with the extremely cold temperatures will make it dangerously cold.  The South East have missed out on a lot of the snow through this last week, this is about to change: for much of this week parts of Kent and Sussex are likely to bare the brunt of the blizzards with some heavy falls.  Accumulations of 20cm or more are likely with Kent and Sussex being affected badly, we could see some locally extreme conditions.  Needless to say it will be very dangerous.  North East England is already entering a critical phase and with more heavy snow on the way, extreme conditions will become widespread – this is a particularly concerning situation and major disruption is likely.  Falls in excess of 50cm perhaps drifting to over 60cm to higher ground is likely across Northumberland & Higher routes of Yorkshire.

Elsewhere across the country, many parts of England away from the far South West and West will experience further snow or in some cases there first snow, widespread accumulations of 2-5cm are likely – with considerably more possible, especially as you progress East. There is the potential of much more widespread and perhaps significant falls closer to the 10-20cm range – but as always we will iron out the possibilities as we get closer.

For many the more widespread snow will move across during Monday Evening, becoming ever more widespread in the strengthening winds during Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The possibility of troughs and short-waves bringing more organised and widespread snowfall is a distinct possibility and much of the country should be aware. Some disruption, perhaps severe could be possible across other parts away from Eastern and North Eastern areas.

The South West is not out of the woods, further bands of wintriness and snow will likely try to push up from the South at times towards the end of the week – perhaps bringing some good falls. Confidence in this is low at the moment.

All in all the general public are warned that some very dangerous and extreme weather conditions are on the way, leading to the possibility of potential emergency conditions across parts of North East England and perhaps isolated parts of the South East. Keep safe and up-to date with the forecast here at Met-Monkey. If you haven’t had snow yet, it’s most likely on the way.