10:02am Tuesday 29th December 2009
By James Nadal
THERE could be as much as another 10cm of snow later today at the highest points in the Chilterns according to the latest Met office forecasts.
Weather reports have varied between rain or further snow fall for the region but Met spokesman Sarah Davies, based in Maidenhead, says it looks likely to be another white rather than wet afternoon and evening.
“There could be more snow, about 2cm to 5cm in Buckinghamshire today, enough to cause a bit concern and throughout tomorrow and up over the top of the Chilterns up to 10cm,” she said.
“At the moment it's coming down as rain but it's getting colder and colder.”
The snow fall is expected to happen between 3pm and 6pm, getting lighter into the night.
The outlook for the area is not entirely clear because it is on the boundary, she said, but forecasters believe Buckinghamshire is more likely to get weather similar to the Midlands than further south.
“It's a difficult one, it's our best guess. Bucks is right in the wrong place, it will probably be all rain across Berkshire and snow in the Midland with Oxfordshire and Bucks in the middle," she said.
Mrs Davies said: “You do have to estimate as to where that boundary is going to be but with Bucks' higher points it does tend to get a bit more.”
Temperatures could drop below freezing during the night.
There is also a “question mark” over New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, she added, with the possibility of yet more snow.
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