Just as the UK recovers from the effects of Storm Eunice, the country is due to be hit by a “wintry blast” over coming days. Early spring could feel like the depth of winter for a few more weeks with snow and frost.
In addition, the possibility of more weather damage looms as the UK braces itself for the arrival of Storm Gladys and Storm Hermann. The next two storms on the Met Office’s list of named storms are expected to hit in the next few months.
Weather forecaster WXCharts forecasts up to 5cm of snow by Friday, namely around the North of England and further afield.
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Wind speeds will reach a maxiumum of 62kmh over the first weekend of March
(Image: WXCharts)
In Edinburgh and Newcastle, some 3cm of snow is expected, while cold winds will plunge most of the UK to feel below zero with wind speeds reaching 62km per hour over the first weekend of March.
Senior meteorologist Jim Dale told The Daily Express that Storm Gladys and Storm Hermann wouldn’t be too far behind their three predecessors, which caused destruction across the UK in the space of a week.
“The first half of March is sometimes on paper some of the snowiest stuff we’ve seen in any form of winter,” he said.
He added: “It comes in later rather than sooner, so this is entirely possible. Somewhere in the early spring, I’m pretty sure we’ll see Gladys and Hermann follow.”
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The news comes after the UK was hit with three named storms in a row in February, Storm Dudley, Storm Eunice, and Storm Franklin. The storms caused mass disruption across the UK, with the Met Office issuing multiple “danger to life warnings”.
Storm Eunice claimed several lives as it smashed the British Isles with 122mph gales. A woman in her 30s, who was a passenger in a car, died in North London when a tree fell onto the vehicle.
Juliana Da Silva Queiroz Murilo, 37, died on February 18 in the passenger seat of her cab driver husband’s silver Honda, as gale-force winds brought a tree down on top of her in Muswell Hill
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