New maps turn UK blue as Arctic deep freeze plummets temperatures to -10C

30 March 2024 , 07:13

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Snowfall in Dartmoor on Thursday as more wintry conditions are in store for Britain in the coming days (Image: PA)

Brits should brace for Arctic temperatures as the mercury is set to plummet below zero in a matter of days.

Forecasts show figures as low as a bitter -10C in parts of Scotland on April 10. Weather maps show the UK bathed in blue, with the Highlands the chilliest.

Temperatures will barely rise over zero on the morning of the 10th, according to WXCharts maps, using data from MetDesk. Thermometers will peak at 2-3C in East Anglia, according to the forecast.

It comes as signs of purple on snow maps also indicate a fall of the white stuff coming next week. The WX Charts images show a "double event" with areas of snow (indicated by the colour purple) in both Scotland and areas of the north, including Manchester and Birmingham,

The Met Office's long range forecast for the week starting April 2 reads: "Next week begins with some uncertainty, but it looks likely that we will see a return towards more widely unsettled conditions as another area of low pressure pushes across the UK with changeable weather likely largely dominating throughout this period.

Beast from the East is coming back as Britain set to be blasted by snow

Icy temperatures of down to -10C will hit the UK in a few days (WXCHARTS.COM)

"Most areas look likely to see further showers and some longer spells of rain at times, although interspersed with some drier spells in between. It looks likely that a north - south split will be set up across the UK. The wettest weather will tend to favour the south whilst northern parts remain a bit drier on average. In association with this split in general temperatures will be close to average, but it will be occasionally cooler in the north, and milder in south."

Exacta Weather's James Madden however said a return to wintry conditions was not off the cards for April. The last time Brits saw snow in the spring month was back in 2019, while parts of the South West saw a sprinkling of snow on Thursday.

He said: "In addition to the recent snow events, we are now also still seeing some high-confidence signals and multiple model runs for something more memorable and significant to develop in terms of widespread snow prospects and even harsher Arctic cold from as early as next week and on multiple occasions during the first half of April, as we have been repeatedly covering and insisting upon of late.

Susie Beever