Major Snow Warning Issued by BBC Weather Presenter for January

Simon King said wintry hazards are possible in January BBC weather presenter Simon King has warned of a "potential of snow" at the end of the month. Giving his weather report on BBC Breakfast this morning, he addressed speculation about snow and cold weather. He said: "It is a long way off, but just to give you a hint, a flavour, potentially at the end of January, it could get colder, and more wintry hazards are possible. "I'm not promising that there is going to be lots of snow, but with colder air starting to move its way in, there's potential for some snow. "It's a fairly long way off, but toward the end of next week, into the last week of January, we start to tap in to this very cold air across eastern Europe, which will move its way across the UK. "Temperatures will slowly drop away later next weekend and into the following weekend." A Met Office long-range weather forecast for Thursday, January 22 to Saturday, January 31, reads as follows: "Throughout this period, the UK will see a battle between Atlantic weather systems attempting to arrive from the west while high pressure and colder conditions attempt to exert some influence from the east. "Initially, milder Atlantic air is expected to dominate for the majority of the country. This should maintain often cloudy, changeable conditions with showers or longer spells of rain for most, with the wettest weather in western parts of the country. "Temperatures overall likely to be around average, though likely quickly becoming colder in the north east, after which there is an increased chance that conditions will turn more generally colder. "This aspect of the forecast is still somewhat uncertain but the potential transition to colder weather also increases the chance of snow across parts of the country."