Snow, even heavy snow, along with numbingly cold rain will chill the UnitedKingdom and Ireland this week.A meeting of arctic cold off the Norwegian Sea with a series of wet Atlanticstorms will yield the waves of wintry precipitation.
The most important of these storms will spin sluggishly over the heart ofthe region through midweek.
Its yield will be widespread rain, some heavy enough to trigger minorflooding. And, as temperatures dip toward freezing, wet snow will mix in, atleast briefly, over much of the British Archipelago, Hills and highlands of Scotland, northern England, Wales and Ireland willreceive most of the snow with localized accumulation of 6 inches to at least afoot. At the same time, lowlands will have little or no snow accumulation.
Adverse impact of the snow will be confined mostly to roads crossing uplandsin the northern and western parts of the Archipelago. Here, travel over some ofthe highest roadways will be tough.
Heavy wet snow could down power lines and cut electrical power.
Story by AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Jim Andrews
