UK snow bomb to hit 28 counties in England with three inches - exact date announced
The next UK snow bomb is forecast to hit 90% of the country - with a blanket of the white stuff burying the West Midlands and Birmingham too. After Storm Chandra makes its presence felt this week, fresh snow could land on February 9.Maps and charts, based on the ECMWF modelling, show snow sweeping Scotland AND England on February 9, bringing a fresh band of Arctic weather as the bitterly cold start to 2026 continues.The maps show Scotland will be worst hit, as expected, but eight inches could fall in Wales and three inches in England, too. Maps show Somerset covered, as well as the West Midlands, Yorkshire, Sussex, Somerset, Cambridgeshire and Kent.READ MORE 13 car tax bands for drivers from April with some charged £790 - full listDurham, Cumbria, Northumberland, Essex, Cheshire, Warwickshire, Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Greater London, Greater Manchester, Buckinghamshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hampshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, and Worcestershire are also at risk.Jo Farrow, from Netweather, spoke out about Storm Chandra hitting the UK this week and said: "Over the past few days, we’ve had a low pressure churning away to the SW of the UK combined with the spring tides, resulting in chaotic, wild seas and damage to the coastlines."This low was Storm Ingrid. Named by the Portuguese Met Service, it had brought wild weather around the Bay of Biscay."It followed Storm Harry in the Mediterranean, which had brought devastating flooding to North Africa and stormy weather to Ibiza, Mallorca, Malta, Sicily and Sardinia."These are all in the southwestern naming group, which has brought Storm Claudia in November and Storm Goretti this month, far enough north to impact our weather."The UK, Ireland and the Netherlands are in the Western naming group, which is why our next letter is C (for Ch-an-dra). Chandra is a moon god."The Met Office says rain and hill snow clearing to the north, turning drier for many, with just a few showers in the south.Windy in the north at first, but winds gradually easing.
