Article Tags: Met Office, UK Winter Forecast 2009/10, World Temperatures
The Met Office tonight issued an emergency alert warning that London and the Home Counties could be buried by more then 40cm (16in) of snow overnight.
As the Arctic cold snap was forecast to make this Britain’s coldest winter for 30 years, residents of counties including Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire were advised to take action to avoid the worst of the snowfall.
A Met Office meteorologist said the highest level of alert had triggered a warning for the emergency services advising them to prepare for the worst.
“This kind of warning is very rare,” he said. “It’s the level of alert we put out for the floods in the summer of 2007.”
Source: timesonline.co.uk