Edinburgh is set to get more snow and more wintry weather as another cold snap is on its way from Greenland predicted to hit the first week of February.
Weather forecasters report that there will be some mild temperatures next week but a break from the bitter cold won't last long as the Baltic temperatures are set to move in across Edinburgh and the majority of Scotland from February 2.
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The Met Office has this week been forced to issue snow and ice warnings - including a rare amber one - due to the ongoing Arctic conditions.
Weather maps from WX Charts show a blizzard making landfall in Northern Ireland and northern parts of Scotland on the evening of February 2, reports the Daily Star.
Overnight and into the next day the snow will drift southwards, covering much of the rest of Scotland and large swathes of northern England, the forecast suggests.
Although those dates are too far out for WX Charts to provide estimates as to how much snow will settle on the ground, its forecast maps show snow falling at a rate of at least 5cm (two inches) per hour.
Parts of England, Northern Ireland and Scotland all appear set to be blasted by such flurries at the start of next month.
This appears to align with what Netweather's Nick Finnis said about the weather system coming from Greenland.
He wrote that "high latitude blocking towards Greenland" (a ridge of high pressure blocking the typical circulation of wind) could bring a "-NAO" our way.
NAO refers to North Atlantic Oscillation, a weather phenomenon that brings cold air to Europe when in its negative phase.
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Met Office forecaster Aidan McGivern said cloud is moving into the north west this morning along with strong winds or gales.
He continued: "Elsewhere eastern Scotland, England and Wales clear skies and light winds and so a widespread frost forming, temperatures as low as -3, -4C fairly widely and -10C to -7C where we have some snow cover."
Drumnadrochit near Inverness in the Highlands hit minus 10.4C in the early hours of Thursday, making it the coldest recorded temperature of the year so far.
Manchester Airport was also forced to close both its runways for a period due to heavy snowfall.
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