'Beast from the East 2' warning with 'Polar Vortex' to bring snow and send temperatures plummeting
Scots have been warned about a second 'Beast from the East' bringing snowstorms and sending temperatures plummeting in the coming weeks.
Despite Scotland getting battered in January, it seems there will be no let up from the wild winter weather in February with a "Polar Vortex" on the horizon, according to forecasters.
Weather maps from WX Charts show the mercury plunging as a huge weatherfront approaches the UK from Europe. A massive blizzard will hit our shores from the east on Monday, February 10, reports The Mirror.
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It will first make landfall in East Anglia and will move up the UK, hitting southern Scotland that evening. By the following day at noon, the most snow is expected around the Scotland-England border, where as much as 22cm (almost nine inches) could be settled on the ground.
The Highlands won't be spared either, with as much as 14cm (more than five inches) predicted in some areas. Subzero temperatures are expected across most of Scotland for several days as the weatherfront makes its way across the country.
Reporting on the mid-February freeze, Severe Weather EU posted: "Are you ready? The potential for a significant deformation of the Polar Vortex and its split is increasing."
Meanwhile meteorology expert Daniel - aka The Snow Dreamer on X - said: "Did anyone order a stratospheric warming in February? Growing confidence of a major disruption to polar vortex near mid-February. This will have implications for early spring pattern with winter potentially outstaying its welcome."
And MetJeffUK said in an update on Saturday: "EC predicting The Beast From The East - keep up with the updates, this looks like serious stuff folks!"
The Met Office forecast for February 6 to February 15 states: "It is likely to be rather more settled across the UK in this period, especially at first. High pressure will sit close to, or over the UK, and will most likely drift away slowly eastwards with time.
"Consequently, southern and eastern areas are likely to see the driest conditions, with lightest winds, which could lead to overnight frost and fog with temperatures a little below normal.
"Further north and west, there is a risk of incursions of Atlantic air and fontal systems at times, which would bring some rain here, but with milder temperatures. There is a very low chance that if the high orientates in such a way that a more easterly (rather than southerly/southeasterly) flow develops, a spell of much colder conditions could develop across the UK."
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