Snow Watch 2007 - Leg 2

Snow Watch 2007 is back with the beginning of leg 2. As seen on the "Country File" weekly weather forecast. Snow is likely towards Wednesday / Thursday of this week.

This sudden return to winter cold follows on from the second warmest January on record. Yet another warm or dry weather record broken in recent years.

From Monday a cold weather high pressure system will take root over most of the UK. Then from Wednesday onward a mild weather low pressure system attacks from the western approaches.

This is a battle of the titans and where they clash snow is expected. This is very early on the game and even the met office are not sure what or where anything may happen.

It all depends on how strong the high pressure is, if the Atlantic lows keep breaking against it we can expect to see significant snowfall but if the lows force the high out it will be the usual cold damp rain.

The met office website is forecasting sleet on Wednesday followed by rain on Thursday. So it could be nothing or it could be snow.

More updates as ever to follow.