Cold end to February 2018 in Davos
Unusual for the start of March in the UK perhaps, but this looks quite tame compared to forecasts of well below -15C (overnight) for some parts of central Europe.
Forecasters warn of prolonged spell of icy and snowy conditions into early March, reports The Week.
The United Kingdom is bracing for a severe wintry snap in the coming days, as a blast of cold weather dubbed the “Beast from the East” approaches.
The icy conditions are believed to be caused by a weather phenomenon called a “sudden stratospheric warming” above the North Pole, which will drag very cold air from Siberia to the UK as early as next week.
Sky News warns that winter is “far from over”, with temperatures expected to hit 1C or 2C for most of the country, and -5C at night.
The Weather Channel says temperatures will be “dropping 2-3C below average by the end of the week”, with the possibility of disruptive heavy snowfall associated with the freezing easterly blast.
Bloomberg reports that “prices for electricity, natural gas, coal and carbon” have risen sharply in the UK and across much of Europe, as demand for heating is expected to increase significantly.
But it’s set to get even colder next week when “polar continental air brings freezing weather from Siberia,” the Met Office said.
Meteorologist Alex Burkill told the Evening Standard that the cold snap was likely to mirror freezing winter weather seen in March 2013 – the second coldest March recorded in more than 100 years.
He said: “Britain faces what we could call a significant cold period that is likely to last for much of next week and beyond.”
“Temperatures will remain below 0C in some places dropping to minus double figures overnight.”
“It will be similar to a cold period seen in spring 2013 and is very likely to be colder as it is slightly earlier in the year meaning the sun is not as strong.”
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