Brighton seafront covered in snow (Image: Getty)
With the UK in the depths of winter, the mercury continues to hover around the 0C mark for many across the country. Now one forecaster is predicting snowfall across several areas before January’s end, as well as 400-mile wall of snow striking multiple cities.
Online forecaster WX Charts predicts that January 29 will see southern and eastern areas of England hit by a band of snow.
The frosty arrival is expected in the Scottish Highlands in the small hours of January 29, before briefly hitting the north-west of England.
However, by noon, the eastern areas as far north as Middlesbrough, and southern areas as far south as Brighton, will be hit by a thick band of snow.
London, Manchester, and Birmingham may all see snow at some point during January 29.
WX Charts predicts a wall of snow stretching from the North Sea into central France (Image: WX Charts)
The snow wall will actually stretch into the North Sea and finish in central France, south of Paris. It will be around 400 miles in total, according to WX Charts.
Meanwhile the does not predict snowfall in precise areas so far ahead of time, as forecasting data is unreliable at this range.
However, the national forecaster has said that there is a possibility of snowfall towards the end of the month. “There is a small chance…”, the forecaster said, that winds “…could turn much more easterly, and colder, bring the risk of snow showers.”
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The band of snow is predicted to hit eastern England (Image: WX Charts)
Met Office’s five-day weather forecast: January 15 – January 19
This evening and tonight:
Cloudy and murky across central and southeastern areas of the UK, with some hill fog and drizzle in parts. Windy with some rain across northwest Scotland. Dry with clear spells elsewhere, with patchy frost, mist and fog forming in places.
Thursday:
Windy with rain easing and turning sunnier for northwest Scotland. Cloud in the southeast spreading into Wales and southwestern of areas England. Dry with sunny spells elsewhere after early fog clears.
Outlook for Friday to Sunday:
Some rain and wind in the northwest of the country. Mostly cloudy central and southern England and Wales, with hill fog and some patchy drizzle.