by Arctic blasts are set to freeze the UK in early February as the latest weather map forecast shows when snow could strike.
WXcharts, an interactive weather map using Met Office data, predicts that Britons could expect snow from February 6 across northern England and Scotland.
Some snow could be seen as early as today with the Met Office predicting wintry weather over the Pennine Highlands.
The Met Office has issued a yellow rain warning covering large parts of Lancashire and Cumbria from 12pm today until 5am on Tuesday, with around 40 to 50mm possible on high ground.
It comes as the Scottish village of Kinlochlew temporarily set the UK’s January temperature record after hitting 19.6C on Sunday.
This beats the previous UK January record of 18.3C at Inchmarlo and Aboyne in 2003 and Aber in 1958 and 1971, the forecaster said.
Craig Snell, a meteorologist at the Met Office, said: “We’ve got a sort of weather front sliding across the country and that’s where the rain band is – south of it we have milder air, north of it it’s colder. “
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Where are today’s weather warnings?
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Why is it hot in some places today?
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The Met Office issues a four day warning with 70mph winds and heavy rain
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Today’s forecast
dust from the Sahara to sweep across the UK
11:15 , Lydia Patrick
The Met Office has warned that a huge dust cloud from the Sahara could be heading towards the UK.
Last year a similar cloud brought spectacular sunsets but drivers saw their vehicles covered in fine dust that traveled almost 5,000km from the Sahara Desert. The new plume is expected to be washed out of the atmosphere by rain falling as red dirt on Sunday evening.
A spokesman for the Met Office, posted on X: “This amazing image shows a plume of dust from the Sahara moving out of Africa and into the Atlantic. Some of this dust will reach us in the next few days…”
This amazing image captures a dust plume from the Sahara moving out of Africa and into the Atlantic 😮
Some of this dust will make its way towards us in the coming days… pic.twitter.com/SI9ZgCXDED
— Met Office (@metoffice) January 26, 2024
Record breaking January heat
11:00 , Lydia Patrick
The record for the highest maximum temperature on a January day has just been broken after a temporary record was set in northern Scotland.
The Met Office said they had recorded a temperature of 19.6C on Sunday in Kinlochewe, a village in the north-west Highlands about an hour’s drive from Inverness.
An exceptionally mild January, says the Met Office
10:45 , Lydia Patrick
A village in Scotland has set a temporary UK record for January temperatures after hitting 19.6C, the Met Office has confirmed.
Loch Yew in the north-west Highlands recorded the temperature on Sunday, surpassing the previous record of Inchmarlo and Aboyne villages in Aberdeenshire which hit 18.3C in 2003 and Aber, Ceredigion, reached the same level in both 1958 and 1971.
The temperature, if confirmed, is also the record for a winter day in Scotland.
In a post on X, the Met Office said: “A new UK daily maximum temperature record for January was provisionally set today at Loch Yew where the temperature was 19.6C.
This beats the previous January record of 18.3C set in Inchmarlo and Aboyne in 2003 and Aber in 1958 and 1971.”
The Met Office issues a four day warning with 70mph winds and heavy rain
10:15 , Lydia Patrick
Britain is set to be battered by 70mph winds and heavy rain again, with the Met Office issuing a four-day weather warning.
The latest bout of severe weather began on Sunday morning, with three yellow warnings in place for parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland.
In force until 8pm, strong and gusty winds are likely to affect some travel, with some journeys taking longer than normal and possible delays to road, rail, air and ferry services.
Read the full story by Matt Mathers here…
UK weather mapped: Met Office issues four-day warning for 70mph winds and rain
Today’s forecast
10:00 , Lydia Patrick
The north of the country will be hit by heavy rain stretching from north-east to south-west England, according to the Met Office.
Snow is likely over higher ground in the northern Pennines.
Elsewhere will be drier and cloudier and warmer as Scotland gets cooler.
Umbrellas ready for a very wet start to Monday morning across northern England, Wales and southern Scotland ☔️
Gray skies for the most part, but sunshine and showers will break out in northern Scotland ⛅️ pic.twitter.com/uIH1bx7oKf
— Met Office (@metoffice) January 28, 2024
Mapped – Flood warning across England
09:45 , Lydia Patrick
There are five flood warnings and 52 flood alerts across England today as heavy rain is expected to hit the north of the country.
Weather warning on Wednesday
09:30 , Lydia Patrick
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning from 7am to 7pm across the north of Scotland next Wednesday.
Strong winds can pose a danger to life and injuries from ejected flying debris.
There is a possibility of travel disruption and passengers have been told to expect longer journey times and possible cancellations.
Why is it hot in some places today?
09:15 , Lydia Patrick
The UK is currently facing a “three-way weather split” as different parts of the country face different conditions.
Craig Snell, a meteorologist at the Met Office, said: “We’ve got a kind of weather front sliding across the country and that’s where the rain band is – to the south of it we have the milder air, to the north it’s cold.
“So it’s going to be a cold front trying to push that milder air away. The southerly will probably not win, it will hang on to the milder air for a bit longer.”
Regions caught in the rain, including southern Scotland, northern England and much of Wales, will see heavy and persistent showers in places and feel “pretty miserable” until the morning rush hour on Tuesday, he said. Mr. Snell.
The weather system will clear out in the North Sea by Tuesday, bringing dry conditions across the country briefly.
Another weather front will then move across northern parts of the UK by Wednesday, with yellow wind warnings in place for northern Scotland, but still little rain and mild temperatures in the south.
Mapped – It is predicted from February 6 that there will be snowfall across the country
08:58 , Lydia Patrick
Where are today’s weather warnings?
08:45 , Lydia Patrick
A yellow rain warning covering large parts of Lancashire and Cumbria has been issued from 12pm on Monday until 5am on Tuesday, with around 40 to 50mm possible on high ground and possible local disruption.
Welcome to our weather blog
08:43 , Lydia Patrick
Today the Independent all the latest weather news and strange weather events going on across the UK.
There will be a “three way split”. weather conditions across the UK on Monday, with a yellow rain warning issued for north-west England.
