Motorists are being warned to expect heavy delays on the M8 in West Lothian after an early morning car crash.
22.01.2022 - 15:19 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Snow is expected to batter Scotland during the early days of February, according to forecasters.
Temperatures are expected to remain above average with some spells of rain showers for the remainder of January.
But the Met Office has warned that there is an “increasingly likelihood of more unsettled conditions” as we head into February.
Weather website WXCHARTS is anticipating heavy snow the land on large parts of the northwest from January 31.
Wintry showers are then expected to become more widespread on February 3.
A blanket of snow is forecast to remain in the country the following day, with up to almost 12 inches of the wine stuff expected in areas of the western Highlands.
But the Met Office has said that the snow is “likely to be restricted to high ground in the north” of the UK.
Temperatures could also dip to well below freezing on February 4 - with a low of -9C forecast for parts of the Highlands.
The Met Office’s long range UK-wide weather forecast for January 26 to February 4 reads: “A largely cloudy start to this period, with perhaps some isolated fog forming under clear skies in the south, otherwise largely dry and fine here.
“A risk of some patchy rain in the far west, however, likely to be brighter in the east. A band of rain arrives later into the northwest, accompanied by some stronger winds, tracking southeastwards, with blustery showers following into the northwest, before returning settled by the end of the week.
“Temperatures likely to be close to average in the south, whereas milder in the north. Settled conditions looking to continue to dominate through the remainder of January, however, rain or showers at times for the north and northwest, with occasional strong winds here. Heading into February
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