SNOW is coming tonight and is expected to settle and remain on the ground for the next few days, a forecaster warned this morning.
Bucks residents could be waking up on Sunday to as much as five inches of the white stuff, according to Hazlemere based weatherman Jim Dale.
Chesham was the joint coldest place in country minus 11 degrees Celsius last night and while temperatures are set to rise, it will not be warm enough to melt fallen snow, he said.
Mr Dale from British Weather Services told the BFP: “Overnight it will snow, we're expecting four or five inches on the ground by morning, there'll obviously be differences place to place.
“Then it will be moving away by morning so when people get up everything will be over and it will all be on the ground.”
He said residents will see snow fall tonight before they go to bed.
“People going out tonight need to be aware,” the independent forecaster said.
“From now on it's downhill as far as difficulties with roads and travelling are concerned.”
Temperatures will be hovering around freezing, keeping the ground cold enough for ice and snow to remain for the coming days.
“We are on the way up now but ground temperatures won't rise sufficiently, they are substantially low enough at the moment,” Mr Dale explained.
“It won't be as cold but it will be cold enough to retain the snow on the ground where it hasn't been treated.”
He said this will be the case through Monday and Tuesday.
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