Arctic winds and falling temperatures
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| 14:30 UK time, Thursday, 28 January 2010
Temperatures yesterday reached 11 Celsius at Hawarden in Flintshire but it's feeling chilly again today and after some rain tonight it's going to turn colder tomorrow and over the weekend.
Arctic winds will be bringing a drop in temperature, as well as some frost and wintry showers. The air will be very cold and as it flows over the relatively warm waters of the Irish Sea, it will become very unstable forming large towering clouds and showers.
Who gets the showers is very dependant on the wind direction. On Saturday a north to north-westerly wind is expected which means west and north west Wales (Gwynedd, Conwy, Anglesey, Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire) will catch most of the showers with a covering of snow in places, especially on higher ground e.g. Snowdonia and the Preseli Mountains.
Sunday another cold day with wintry showers a little more widespread.The snow showers will be heaviest in North West Wales and Pembrokeshire. .
Away from the showers there will be plenty of blue skies and sunshine to enjoy and the air will be very clean, so if you're out walking you'll see for miles.
Next week, temperatures look set to recover in the first few days of February bringing a little rain but beyond that it looks like high pressure over Scandinavia and Russia will take control again with colder air returning from the east towards the end of next week.
Brrrrr!
Derek
Arctic winds will be bringing a drop in temperature, as well as some frost and wintry showers. The air will be very cold and as it flows over the relatively warm waters of the Irish Sea, it will become very unstable forming large towering clouds and showers.
Who gets the showers is very dependant on the wind direction. On Saturday a north to north-westerly wind is expected which means west and north west Wales (Gwynedd, Conwy, Anglesey, Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire) will catch most of the showers with a covering of snow in places, especially on higher ground e.g. Snowdonia and the Preseli Mountains.
Sunday another cold day with wintry showers a little more widespread.The snow showers will be heaviest in North West Wales and Pembrokeshire. .
Away from the showers there will be plenty of blue skies and sunshine to enjoy and the air will be very clean, so if you're out walking you'll see for miles.
Next week, temperatures look set to recover in the first few days of February bringing a little rain but beyond that it looks like high pressure over Scandinavia and Russia will take control again with colder air returning from the east towards the end of next week.
Brrrrr!
Derek
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