Weather forecasters have said that a Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW) could affect conditions across the country.
The SSW weather event means snowy 'Beast from the East' type conditions may hit at the end of February. The Met Office's long-range forecast has indicated the beginning of a SSW which sees rapid warming occur high up in the stratosphere.
Such an event often leads to harsh wintry conditions in the UK, as it can cause the jet stream to meander off its normal course, the Mirror reports.
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A SSW in February 2018 was responsible for the 'Beast from the East', a winter storm which saw as much as 22 inches of snow fall in some areas and an estimated £1.2 billion in damage caused to the national economy. According to the latest Met Office blog, there is a 80% chance that we will see another SSW towards the end of this month.
However it remains unclear whether this will have the kind of knock-on effect which previously caused extreme weather. The forecaster wrote: "A major SSW often makes the jet stream meander more, which can lead to a large area of blocking high pressure over northern Europe, including the UK.
"This blocking high pressure can lead to cold, dry weather in the north of Europe, including the UK, with mild, wet and windy conditions more likely for southern areas of the continent. However, this is not always the case and impacts on UK weather can also be benign when an SSW occurs."
Prof Adam Scaife, Head of Long-Range Forecasting at the Met Office, said that "any effect on UK weather" is most likely to occur in late February and March.
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