As of quarter to 4pm snow has been reported to be falling at London Heathrow Airport and also in South Buckinghamshire,. Many parts of the Midlands, especially the North Midlands around Stoke have currently got snow. This snow is expected to slowly head east over the next few hours bringing parts of the East Midlands, Lincolnshire and Eastern England a spell of moderate wet snow and sleet this afternoon and evening.
Section 1: The Forecast.
Some areas could see 1-3cm of wet accumulation locally, with more to high ground. However near coasts and in large urban areas snow will really struggle to settle. Given that this is very wet snow, and that isn’t forecast to be particularly heavy, there isn’t a great deal of disruption expected from this.
The Pennines, Northern Ireland and Scottish Hills will be most prone to any disruption from snow in the next 48 hours whilst elsewhere there will be some snow, but it will mostly be hit and miss. We have outlined where we expect there could be some “surprise snowfall” across central and eastern areas in the next 4 hours or so.
Once this clears overnight many inland areas that had wintry showers today will turn dry, and cold, with the risk of some icy patches into Wednesday. Once again tonight wintry showers will continue around northern and western coasts, with a mixture of rain, sleet, hail and wet snow to lower levels and sleet and snow to high ground. Later in the night though these showers will become increasingly sporadic and isolated in nature, meaning if you do become stuck under them, then you are one of the unlucky.
Section 2: Snow Reports
Snow is currently affecting a swathe of the country from London to say Buxton, right through the Midlands, but not all areas are seeing the same weather conditions. The amount of snow you get depends on your height above sea level and how much precipitation you see. Walsall in the west Midlands has done quite well though, image sent in from Vicky…
Looks rough in Leek (Via Dannii).
Parts of Manchester have seen snow but it’s not as bad here (Thanks to Becky)…
Snow has even been reported in some of the suburbs of London!
The scene in Derbyshire is improving as snow showers have cleared, however as snow is now heading into the central and southern peak district and into Stoke on trent, Some roads such as the A53 Leek road and A57 Snakes pass may remain a little tricky, but overall in the peaks the situation is improving. The focus has shifted to the midlands and eastern England for some isolated bursts of moderate or even heavy (ish) snow this evening! Watch out for plummeting temperatures tonight though and a risk of ice.