Scary Weather Forecast For Scotland, Areas To Be Worst Hit

No matter what Christmas brings in terms of the weather, Scotland should prepare for a scary weather – a white New Year.

This is the indication of snow falls of almost 40 cm in parts of the country, weather forecasts have shown.

More, this would be accompanied with low pressure of almost 40 cm, these from now till the Hogmanay

WXCharts weather forecasts says storm is expected to start around Monday, December 30, a flow from the Atlantic that could last through to 2025

“If the forecast is correct, it could have a huge impact on those heading out to celebrate the end of 2024 and start of 2025”,  a report in the Scottish Daily Express observes.

In terms of the areas that would be more hit by the attendant wintery weather, it mentions, the Northern and western parts of the country stretching all the way to the east coast.

The Ross and Cromarty area of the Highlands could see up to 36cm of snow falling in just an hour on January 1 and 38cm is expected to accumulate in the area.

The scary weather forecast predicts that temperatures will plunge to -9C around the Grampian mountains in the early hours of the first and temperatures around freezing will be common in the likes of Glasgow and Edinburgh where New Year revellers will be out and about in force.

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 “Only Fife looks like being spared any wintery weather on the mainland although a second front of snow is expected to pass through the entire country on January 4. The wintery conditions will follow a period of unseasonably mild and calm conditions through most of Christmas week with temperatures expected to hit double figures on December 25.

“Netweather now gives just a 5% chance of a white Christmas in northern Scotland and a 0% chance elsewhere. Moving into January, the Met Office predicts a “slightly reduced chance compared with normal of wet and windy spells”.

Forecasters say there is a”greater potential for colder episodes during the first half of January” although “some precipitation is still expected, which could lead to wintry hazards at times”.

Adapted from the Scottish Daily Express