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After a period of bitter cold and the city’s first snow of the year, London has warmed up a little in the past week. But now the temperature is set to drastically drop once more.
Over the last few days, the city has enjoyed lovely mild temperatures of around 10C to 12C. Next week, though, we’ll see it return to around 5C and hit as low as 1C overnight. So, get that wool scarf right back out of its storage box.
Of course, as soon as the capital gets close to freezing, the question on everyone’s lips is: will there be snow? Here’s what forecasters are saying right now.
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When will it snow in London?
BBC Weather forecasts that there’ll be sleet and snow in London from Tuesday January 27 until Sunday February 1.
The Met Office hasn’t forecast that far ahead for London yet, but in its long-range forecast for the UK between January 24 and February 2 it says: ‘Rain or showers are likely at times, which may be heavy and persistent, especially in the south and west, with the best of any drier interludes in the far north and northwest.
‘Whilst mild conditions will encroach into the south and west at times, it is likely to turn somewhat colder through this period, bringing the risk of some snow, more especially on hills in Scotland and northern England.’
What time will it snow?
The sleet and snow is mostly expected to fall overnight. It’s forecast to start at 6am on Tuesday and last until 9am.
Then it’ll fall again from 10pm and go on until 9am on Wednesday.
On Thursday, it will apparently fall from 12am until 10am.
On Friday watch out for the white stuff from 11pm on Thurs night until 10am.
There’ll be one final flurry from 11pm on Saturday lasting until 9am on Sunday.
How much snow will fall?
It’s hard to say exactly how much snow will fall this early in advance. On WX Charts, London is a light shade of purple from January 27, which indicates that there could be around 0.1mm of snowfall per hour.
Weather warnings
No weather warnings have been issued for next week yet. Watch this space for updates.
Don’t let the cold weather get you down – here’s a list of brilliant things you can do in London this January.
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