SNOW SET TO FALL ACROSS WALES
LARGE parts of Wales are likely to see snow in the next few days, according to the latest forecasts from the Met Office. The Met Office already has a weather warning in place for Scotland for snow and ice from tomorrow night into Tuesday. But snow is also expected to fall in Wales and parts of England. The forecaster’s latest maps show that this weekend there will be small patches of snow across North and Mid Wales.
However, from Tuesday morning large amounts of the white stuff will sweep in from Ireland with most of South Wales forecast to see it.
The Met Office has forecast:
Today – Small patches of snow will move east across North and Mid Wales during the early morning. By 9.30am there’s snow forecast on the coast north of Aberystwyth and some near Brecon. Some of the pockets of snow may hit the Brecon Beacons and Cambrian Mountains but there won’t be too much to get photographers and sledge fans excited.
Tuesday – It is from the early hours that it starts to get more interesting with large amounts of snow set to fall over Ireland. By 9am the snow is likely to reach north Pembrokeshire and by noon it will sweep west covering the Brecon Beacons and much of Powys. The Met Office forecasts that by around 3pm snow will cover all of South Wales, including Cardiff, Newport, Swansea and the Valleys. By 6pm the snow will continue to move east, with it looking set to remain falling for several hours but by 9pm the snow looks set to have left Wales and is expected to be falling over England.
Wednesday – Snow is set to make a brief reappearance in Wales early in the morning over the Vale of Glamorgan.
The Met Office’s forecast maps only go as far as Wednesday. However the forecaster’s long-range prediction suggests there is a possibility of “disruptive snowfall to parts of central and southern England and Wales”, although this is far from certain at the moment.
It says: “Confidence remains low throughout this period.
“On Thursday, a band of cloud and rain is expected to make some progress northeastwards from the southwest, potentially bringing some disruptive snowfall to parts of central and southern England and Wales.
“In the north, drier conditions are more likely, although some coastal snow showers remain possible.”