Exact date snow flurries to hit Scotland as wild weather continues to batter UK
If the UK being hammered by not one but two storms in the past couple of days wasn't enough, Scotland is expected to be hit with heavy rain and snow later this week.
There is no real let up with the white stuff set to blanket swathes of the country on Thursday, January 30. This is set to arrive just before the rest of the UK experiences the show blitz on Friday.
The freezing temperatures are forecast to make a bone-chilling return with the mercury predicted to drop as low as -6C in parts of the Highlands, according to Birmingham Live. The hats and gloves are going to need to be brought back out as the white blanket of snow is said to stretch across Scotland, but the first blast is to hit Fort William on Thursday.
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Worrying weather maps from WX Charts - which uses Met Desk data - shows snow coming into Scotland from the west throughout Thursday. By that evening, the entire west coast is forecast to be battered by rain or snow.
The heaviest snow showers are predicted to hit Fort William and the surrounding areas later into the night. Flurries are expected from Loch Lomond to the north west Highlands during the evening, with the rest of the west coast to be hit by heavy rain.
Scotland is still recovering from the destruction of Storm Éowyn, which resulted in around 4.5million people in Scotland receiving an emergency 'Armageddon' alert on their phones last Thursday evening due to the rare red weather warning.
Winds of up to 100mph were seen in some areas with long periods of heavy rain across the country. Sadly two people have lost their lives to the storm, and many people have had to deal with severe damages to their fences and roofs.
Many roads were blocked by fallen trees, and railway engineers have been working overtime to try and fix around 500 incidents - including damaged overhead wires, 120 fallen trees and power supply failures - in order to get the transport system up and running.
Just this morning, in the aftermath of Storm Éowyn's destruction, the Met Office issued further yellow rain and wind warnings to southern England and Wales due to Storm Herminia. Millions of people are currently at risk of lightning and flooding, with people being told to prepare for power cuts.
The dangerous weather, which travelled over from Spain, is set to continue until tomorrow morning. The Met Office initially warned that this storm could cause injuries and be a "danger to life".
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