While much of the country enjoys the lull between Christmas and New Year, some parts of Britain could experience torrid weather.
According to WX Charts, the north of Scotland could experience freezing temperatures, snowy flurries, and even freezing rain.
The online forecaster predicts that from midnight on December 30 through to around 3 a.m. on December 31, frosty conditions could grip Scotland from the Highlands, the country’s northernmost Region, towards the Central Belt.
The snowfall is expected to start in and around Inverness as December 29 becomes December 30. Then, the area affected is predicted to swell, including all of the Highlands and areas like Aberdeen.
Although Edinburgh and Glasgow are just outside of the area forecast for snow, the prediction is subject to change, so residents in the two major cities may see a dusting at least.
Then, around midnight on December 31, a huge area of Scotland may see freezing rain. Locals will be advised to steer clear of the inclement weather from the Highlands down into the Central Belt.
What is freezing rain?
According to the Met Office: “Freezing rain is a rare type of liquid precipitation that strikes a cold surface, and freezes almost instantly.
“The conditions needed for freezing rain are quite specific, and we don’t see this phenomenon very often in the UK. It can produce striking effects, as the raindrop spreads out momentarily across the surface before it freezes, encasing the surface in a layer of clear ice.”
Today:
Cloudy for most Brits with mist and fog patches in England and Wales hanging around all day in parts. Then, rain will fall across parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland. It’ll be brighter but chilly in the far northwest with isolated showers.
Tonight:
Thick clouds continue to blight much of the UK, with heavy mist and fog lingering in England and Wales. Patchy rain will fall across Scotland and Northern Ireland, but it will be drier in the far northwest.
Saturday:
England and Wales will feel murky. Rain in the northwest will slowly head southeastwards through Saturday, followed by sunny spells and blustery showers.
Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:
As we go into the new week, it’ll turn brighter but colder, with blustery showers and then rain and hill snow in the north.
