Advanced modelling based on an EXMWF weather model show snow bringing 19 inches of the white stuff to swathes of northern England, as well as Scotland, Northern Ireland and beyond, on February 25.

19 INCHES of snow could hammer the country before the end of the month, according to the latest medium-term and long-range outlooks. Advanced modelling based on an EXMWF weather model show snow bringing 19 inches of the white stuff to swathes of northern England, as well as Scotland, Northern Ireland and beyond, on February 25.

Snow could be falling at a rate of around 2cm to 3cm per hour. Areas at risk include the North West and North East of England, amid reports Manchester and Newcastle could both see snow by midday.

Snow is expected to come down at a rate of around 2cm per hour over the Pennines, Wales and the Midlands as the day progresses. As much as 49cm (measuring an eye-watering and jaw-dropping 19 inches) could come down in the Scottish Highlands. Southern parts of Scotland could see 28cm (as much as 11 inches), and northern England could see 13cm (or five inches), the models show.

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In an update looking at the end of the month and then into March, the Met Office explains: “There is still a very small risk of colder conditions lingering for a time at the start of this period, but it is much more likely that a milder and unsettled theme will probably have become established, with weather systems moving close to or across the UK.”

The forecast, which spans from February 27 onwards, adds: “This will mean bands of rain and perhaps periods of strong winds spreading in from the west, interspersed with some drier and brighter interludes, but likely bringing above average rainfall amounts overall, especially in the south and west.”

The outlook, which sticks around into mid-March, goes on to say from the Met Office: “Temperatures are most likely to become close to or a little above average by early March.”