Met Office and BBC speak out over ‘114 hours’ of ‘non stop snow’ hitting UK

The Met Office and BBC Weather teams have issued their verdicts and spoken out over claims the UK could be battered by 114 hours of NON STOP snow before the end of March. WX Charts maps and show show a dark purple patch of Arctic air battering the UK later this month.

The projections from WX Charts, which use Met Desk data, is signalling snow across a large stretch of the country on March 30. Snow could fall persistently from March 27 until March 31 with parts of England and Scotland hit by anywhere from five centimetres of the white stuff to 10cm.

The worst of the weather is anticipated around March 28. The outlook for March 21 into April from the Met Office reads: “Dry for most places at first on Thursday, but rain will quickly spread from the nortwest across all areas.

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“The heaviest and most persistent rain will be in the northwest, with relatively little rain reaching the southeast. Strong winds are also expected, particularly along coasts. Through Friday and the weekend, northwesterly winds will bring a mixture of sunny spells and showers, some of these heavy.”

And the forecasting agency goes on to say: “A drier spell may develop later in the weekend with temperatures likely to be below normal for many areas. Into the following week, more unsettled conditions will probably develop across parts of the UK, these most likely to affect southern areas.”

Signing off in conclusion, the Met Office writes: “Northern areas are more likely to be dry but also colder.” The BBC, meanwhile, has also had its say. “Nothing especially cold is expected but temperatures should generally be near average for late March, although potentially a little above in southern areas of the UK,” the Beeb said.

It says March 25 to March 31 will be “changeable with near-average temperatures.”