London snow forecast: 'Whiteout' expected as heavy snow set to fall across capital and south-east England

James Morris29 January 2019

Forecasters have said the UK is set for its first widespread snow of 2019.

Snowfall is expected on Tuesday for a huge portion of south-east England.

This includes London - where there is an 80 per cent chance of a whiteout in central parts of the capital - the Home Counties, Norfolk and the east Midlands.

Up to 3cm of the white stuff is expected in this zone, for which the Met Office has issued a weather warning from 9pm on Tuesday to noon on Wednesday.

The agency warned the “heavy” dusting could lead to travel delays on roads, with “some stranded vehicles and passengers”. Rural communities could be “cut off”, it said.

Snow is expected to fall across London and south-east
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Meanwhile, some train services and flights also face cancellations.

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Forecaster Becky Mitchell told the Standard on Monday: “Tuesday evening is our earliest sign of snow. We could see 1cm to 3cm within that warning zone in south-east England and parts of the Midlands.”

There is also a possibility of between 5cm and 10cm of snow on higher ground.

Ms Mitchell continued: “There’s a chance of snow in other areas on Tuesday, such as north Wales and south-west England, as well as wintery showers in parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland.”

Meanwhile, a combination of rain, sleet and snow is expected to cover the southern half of the nation on Thursday, Ms Mitchell said.

On Monday, some parts of the Scottish glens were waking up to temperatures as low as -7C.

A weather warning for ice was issued with the Met Office warning of an increased chance of injuries on untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths.

And forecaster said many other people in England were experiencing minus temperatures, including -3C in the north. Cities in the south were hovering around zero.

An uprooted tree in Liverpool following strong winds on Sunday
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It follows weekend in which many parts of the UK were battered by wind.

Areas of Wales went without electricity on Sunday as overhead cables fell.

Meanwhile, strong northerly winds, with gusts of up to 70mph, pounded the west and east coasts.

But the Met Office said these winds would slowly easy on Monday morning.

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