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[Updated 07:20 28/02/2018]
Bitterly cold weather continues during the next couple of days and there will be further snow showers. Storm Emma is expected to bring more persistent outbreaks of snow up from the south during tomorrow and Friday but beyond that the freeze eases its grip.
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Wednesday begins bitterly cold and overnight there have been further heavy falls of snow in places with northern England and East Anglia being the worst hit areas. Through the day snow showers continue in much of the country. The heaviest ones are likely in northern areas and East Anglia with some pushing across the Midlands. Southern counties should be drier with a good deal of sunshine.
Conditions will vary noticeably over short distances with some places remaining dry and others having several cms of snow. The forecast chart below gives an idea of where the snow showers are expected to be at 2pm today.
Meteo France Arpege 00z, precipitation type, 14:00 GMT Wed 28th Feb
It will be a bitterly cold day with temperatures remaining below 0C (32F) this afternoon in much of the country. The sun is quite strong at this time of the year so despite sub-zero air temperatures there will be some thaw of lying snow in bright spells. See the rainfall and precipitation type radar for the latest view.
Tonight snow showers continue in central and northern regions. A severe frost develops with temperatures plunging to between -5C (21F) -10C (14F).
Freezing conditions continue on Thursday with snow showers affecting northern regions. In the south thicker cloud could bring more persistent outbreaks of snow as an area of low pressure which has been named Emma by the Portuguese Met Office approaches from the southwest. There is uncertainty but it looks like the heaviest snow will be in south western areas and parts of southern Wales. Strong easterly winds could lead to blizzard conditions. The area of snow could extend more widely to include London and the home counties,
The forecast chart below is for 3pm on Thursday.
DWD ICON 00z, precipitation type, 15:00 GMT Thu 1st Mar
Overnight and during Friday the risk of disruptive snow in southern central regions continues but in the south west the precipitation probably begins turning back to rain.
By the weekend a very messy picture develops but most computer models show the cold block being pushed northwards with areas of low pressure close to the UK. In central and northern parts of the UK it stays very cold with an ongoing risk of snow. Temperatures in the south should begin to recover with precipitation increasingly falling as rain rather than sleet or snow.
1) Exceptionally cold continues today and tomorrow in all regions.
2) Snow showers bring disruption to parts of the UK.
3) During tomorrow and Friday more persistent outbreaks of snow affect much of southern and central Britain and there is the possibility of blizzards. The worst conditions could be in south Wales and western England. Through the weekend less cold slowly filters northwards.
Check the latest snow forecast charts:
Meteo France Arpege
DWD ICON
NCEP GFS
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