{"id":122073,"date":"2023-12-11T12:20:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T12:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/?p=122073"},"modified":"2023-12-11T12:20:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T12:20:05","slug":"met-office-weighs-in-on-snow-bomb-forecasted-to-split-britain-in-half","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/world-news\/met-office-weighs-in-on-snow-bomb-forecasted-to-split-britain-in-half\/","title":{"rendered":"Met Office weighs in on snow bomb forecasted to split Britain in half"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Met Office has given its verdict on a 'snow bomb' that's set to hit half of the UK in the lead up to Christmas.<\/p>\n

A weather map reveals the exact date when a snow bomb will "split" the UK in two as temperatures take a nosedive. A weather chart created on Saturday (December 9) by WX Charts, using data from MetDesk, shows up to a centimetre of snow hitting Scotland on December 19. <\/p>\n

The snow bomb is predicted to 'split Britain in half', with the southern part of the country staying dry while pockets of snow hit the north.<\/p>\n

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Temperatures in the UK on December 19 range from 0C-4C in Scotland and the north, according to the charts. <\/p>\n

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Looking ahead from December 15 to Christmas Eve on December 24, the Met Office says: "For most locations a continuing trend to more settled weather into the weekend as high pressure builds close to the southwest of the UK, though Scotland likely remaining in a more wet and windy regime with westerly winds."<\/p>\n

"As such, the wettest weather likely across western high ground, mainly in Scotland and occasionally parts of Northern Ireland and northwest England. <\/p>\n

"Settled conditions in the south with average temperatures and cloudy at times with some patchy light rain, mainly near western coasts and over hills."<\/p>\n

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