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Glasgow Live
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Fionnuala Boyle & Keiran Fleming

Glasgow temperatures set to plummet before the beginning of February

Glasgow is set to be hit with freezing temperatures come the end of January, with lows of -8C.

Snow and ice warnings have been issued by the Met Office this week as some areas of Scotland will face two inches of snow each hour.

A rare amber alert has also been issued as the Artic conditions continue.

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Weather maps from WX Charts show that Glasgow's temperature will plummet next Saturday, January 28, and that the cold snap will finally clear on Monday, January 30.

However, the northern part will be struck by a snow blizzard on the evening of February 2, according to the Daily Record.

Forecasts suggests the snow will make its way south overnight and into the following day and that it will fall at a rate of at least 5cm (two inches) per hour.

Snow is also expected (WX Charts)

Over the weekend, conditions should get milder with the mercury possibly reaching double figures next week, but the respite from the cold will potentially be short-lived as forecasters now fear another wintry snap is coming in next month from Greenland, with Scotland due to be blasted by such flurries at the start of February.

This appears to align with what Netweather's Nick Finnis said about the weather system coming from Greenland.

NAO refers to North Atlantic Oscillation, a weather phenomenon that brings cold air to Europe when in its negative phase.

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."

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