HERE WE SNOW AGAIN!
AFTER ‘THE BEAST FROM THE EAST’, SOUTH WALES IS FACING A NEW SEVERE SNOW WARNING, SCHOOLS ARE PUT ON ALERT (...AND, YES, IT REALLY IS MID MARCH)
UP TO 25cm of snow could fall in parts of South Wales tomorrow, forecasters have warned.
An amber weather warning has been issued by the Met Office for snow, covering most of South Wales.
The warning runs from the early hours of tomorrow into the evening – with 10cm of snow likely to fall across the region and up to 25cm on higher ground.
It comes just weeks after South Wales was hit by heavy snow which caused massive transport disruption and empty supermarket shelves after panic-buying.
The Met Office chief forecaster’s assessment said: “A weather system is expected to run west along the English Channel and bring a spell of snow to southwest Britain on Sunday, clearing from the east during the afternoon.
“There is the potential for 5-10 cm of snow to fall quite widely, and 15-25 cm over higher ground. However, there remains uncertainty in how this system will develop and its impacts.”
Some schools in Wales have already warned they might have to close on Monday after snow was forecast for parts of the country over the weekend.
Cardiff ’s Whitchurch High School emailed parents to warn the school could partially close on Monday.
Headteacher Huw Jones-Williams said: “We do not believe that this will prevent us from opening on Monday, March 19.
“It is likely that a decision to open/ partially close the school will be taken early Monday morning and posted through our usual channels.”
The school was one of many schools across Wales to close for two days at the start of the month due to heavy snow.
Cardiff council said the weather will be closely monitored over the weekend before any decisions about closing schools in the city on Monday are made.
It said schools will keep parents informed through their usual communications channels if they decide to close.
Other councils across Wales are also encouraging parents to check their websites and social media channels over the weekend to see if any schools have to close as a consequence of the snow.
Parts of Wales were the warmest in the UK on Thursday, reaching 15.9°C in Porthmadog.
Meteorologist Martin Bowles said the weekend’s weather could be dubbed a “mini beast from the east”.
He said: “We don’t expect anything like the same impact as a result of it, although there will be some snow about.”