The freezing conditions could are about to hit the whole of Britain.
Beast from the East to unleash 603 wall of snow as subzero freeze covers Britain (Image: WXCharts)
A 656-mile wall of snow stretching from London to just south of John O’Groats is set to batter the UK before the end of January. Weather maps from WXCharts predict a huge band of snow will sit further east over Bulgaria and Hungary on January 30, before wintry conditions hit the UK at 6am the following morning.
The majority of Brits will wake up to extreme weather on Saturday, January 31, with Cornwall and Northern Ireland the only places forecast to be snow-free. WXCharts predicted temperatures will plunge to a bitter -5C in parts of the country, as Europe freezes to even colder conditions.
Winter overview forecast, January 31 at 6am shows widespread snow (Image: WXCharts)
Europe weather maps, January 30 at 6pm (Image: WXCharts)
Maps show a vast white blanket stretching coast to coast, from Essex to Pembrokeshire, covering everything north of London and engulfing all of Wales, most of England and the majority of Scotland.
By midday, snow will have started to settle over northern England and Scotland, according to the forecaster, while it looks less likely in the south.
The south of England will be bitterly cold, with lows of -3C in the Cotswolds by 6am on Saturday, meaning there could be icy conditions on the roads. The Midlands may manage to reach above freezing, while the north could dip to -2C.
In rural parts of Scotland, the temperatures could plummet to an icy -5C, although Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow could sit at around freezing.
Minimum temperature forecast, January 31 at 6am (Image: WXCharts)
Winter overview forecast, January 31 at 12pm (Image: WXCharts)
Wales could fluctuate between freezing and -2C, similar to Northern Ireland where maps have predicted a huge band of rain, rather than snow.
The Met Office acknowledges that snow is hard to predict, but it has also forecast cold conditions and snow in its long-range forecast for the next four weeks.
Netweather snow map for January 27 show a high risk of blizzards (Image: Netweather )
Netweather show charts show the east of UK pummelled at the end of the month (Image: NETWEATHER)
Met Office forecast
The Met Office says for the next two weeks there will be an “battle between Atlantic weather systems attempting to arrive from the west while high pressure and colder conditions attempt to exert some influence from the east”.
It says after a milder start to this period before an increasing chance of colder conditions and a chance of snow.
At the beginning of February the Met Office said there is a “chance of cold conditions affecting the UK, and the associated risk of wintry hazards at times”.
It adds: “Deeper into February, and whilst confidence is naturally low, there may be a transition to more widely unsettled conditions and a corresponding recovery in temperature back closer to average.”
