The weather service warns that snow could cause disruptions late next week. Wales is forecast to see patches of snow over the next few days, before a wider swath arrives on Tuesday. You can see a breakdown of parts of Wales that will see snow.

However, the Met Office also warns that there could be more serious snow problems from next Thursday, March 9th. The Met Office’s latest long-range forecast, which is updated daily, warned that the weather at the end of next week was still uncertain and indicated that “forecast certainty is low”.

The forecast for Thursday, March 9 through Saturday, March 18 reads: “On Thursday, a cloud and rain band is expected to extend slightly northeast from the southwest, which could bring snow. harmful to parts of central and southern England and Wales.

“Drier conditions are more likely in the north, although snow is still possible on some coasts. Over the weekend, the most likely scenario is for most areas to remain cooler than average, with intermittent winter rains in the north and more persistent rain or snow farther south.”

Met Office maps show exactly where and when snow is expected in Wales

After next weekend, the weather service believes that the cold weather may start to clear and warm weather will return. He said: “A transition to milder conditions is expected later on, leading to some periods of rain and strong winds, although periods of snow remain possible, particularly in the far north. Temperatures are generally below average, but can gradually become milder towards the end of the season. period.”

Meteorologists at the Met Office, who use incredibly complex models to predict weather conditions, said they had very little confidence in the accuracy of the forecast for the second half of March, from 19 March to 2 April, but said: “Further north it is probably drier, barring occasional winter showers, while showers and strong winds are more likely in the south, with less risk of snow at times.

“These milder conditions may extend northwards at times, but it’s possible that cool but clear weather will return southwards everywhere in late March, leading to a return to drier conditions in the south. Temperatures are likely to range from cool to mild from north to south. , but the average will likely be more or less normal.”

Why is there no more detailed information in the long-term forecast?

Ever wonder why the Met Office forecasts for five days or more are written for the UK as a whole? Looking at the forecast five days from now, the chaotic nature of the atmosphere starts to come into play: small events over the Atlantic now could have a potentially significant effect on the UK’s weather a few days from now. So while experts can still predict the overall feel of the weather with a relatively high level of accuracy using our ensemble models, it becomes more difficult to provide local details with as high a level of accuracy as our shortcasts.

Source: Wales Online