The effects of a major sudden stratospheric warming that took place over the North Pole earlier this month are starting to appear in weather models with suggestions the UK faces "much colder weather" in two weeks time. A leading meteorologist has said that models are "hinting" that it will bring colder weather on the week beginning March 6.
It was revealed early in February that Sudden Stratospheric Warming was taking place high up in the atmosphere up to 50km above earth. The weather condition makes the jet stream "meander" more which in turn can lead to a large area of blocking high pressure over northern Europe.
A previous sudden stratospheric warming that lead to the so-called Beast from the East that hit the UK at the start of March 2018, but forecasters initially said it was too early to say what the effect will be this year. A similar warming in 2019 didn't bring the same snow.
