Met Office weather maps show when icy cold snap will end as Scandinavian high pressure brings freezing temperatures
It is a cold and chilly start in Wales on Thursday morning but the Met Office says that it will be dry with plenty of winter sunshine. A Scandinavian high pressure will bring easterly winds across the UK, making it feel cold with colder than average temperatures into next week.
But forecasters say that it will not be as cold as the Beast of the East which brought the UK to a standstill in 2018.
The Met Office forecast for Wales this weekend says it will be a "cold and cloudy weekend" with scattered wintry showers arriving from the east. Adding: "Staying cold next week with overnight frosts in places, and breezy easterlies bringing an additional wind chill."
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Forecaster Alex Deakin says that the high pressure is expected to continue next week: "We are pretty sure that we will see some form of easterly wind as we go through the entirety of next week. It means that we are likely to see things pretty chilly with easterly winds continuing.
"There will be a lot of dry weather. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday all show that high pressure will be dominant. It will stay cold but largely dry. Any wintry showers will be most likely in the east. The following week there will be a battle with some low pressure."
The weather maps for Wales show that it will be colder than average over the weekend and into the start of next week:
The map for lunchtime on Thursday. The Met Office forecast for Wales says: "A cold and frosty start with isolated freezing fog patches gradually clearing through the morning. Then a dry and bright day with long sunny spells for all. Breezy in the mountains, but settled with light winds elsewhere. Maximum temperature 7 °C."
The map for lunchtime on Friday. The forecast for Wales says: "A cool, rather cloudy day, with early morning frost and fog soon clearing. Breezy at times through the morning, but becoming more settled into the afternoon. Maximum temperature 5 °C."
The map for lunchtime on Saturday.
The map for lunchtime on Sunday.
The map for lunchtime on Monday.
The UK long range forecast for Monday, February 10 to Wednesday, February 19, says that high pressure is expected to remain slow moving to the northeast of the UK. As a result, breezy winds across many areas are likely to come from the east or southeast, and cloud amounts are expected to increase as continental air is gradually drawn across the UK.
It adds: "Breezy winds and increased cloud amounts are expected to exacerbate the cold feel, with temperatures often below average. Although many places across the country will remain dry, southern and southwestern areas in particular may see some wintry precipitation at times. Overnight frost is likely to feature during this period, particularly where skies are clear, however where winds remain breezy this will decrease the overall risk of a hard frost forming."
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