Overview
- Ventusky and WXCharts visualisations show a long snow band from Eastbourne to Mellon Udrigle on January 8, with onset signalled around 1:30pm.
- Projected snowfall rates reach roughly 2.5 to 3cm per hour in places, with totals of about 1 to 5cm across the strip affecting cities including London, Oxford, Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow.
- WXCharts indicates a chill accompanying the system, with minimum temperatures near 0C and daytime highs near 5C in affected areas.
- Additional modelling cited by the Mirror using the GFS suggests broader activity from January 7 to 9 and heavier accumulations over high ground, including up to 20cm in the Cairngorms.
- The Met Office long-range outlook for December 31 to January 9 highlights colder and drier conditions overall with possible wintry hazards, without issuing heavy-snow warnings at this stage.