On Wednesday, wintry showers from the North Sea will cross the northeastern part of the country, and a snow accumulation of 5 cm can be observed in the northern Ardennes above 500 m. “We are expecting a few snowflakes over a good part of the country tonight,” confirmed Pascal Mormal, meteorologist at IRM. “In lower altitude areas, snow will only hold temporarily in the event of heavy winter showers. Elsewhere, the weather is generally expected to remain dry with more sunny spells.”
Pascal Mormal: “The weather over the last twelve months in Belgium has been unprecedented. It has never happened before”
“It’s a real week of ups and downs”
On Thursday, Belgium will probably be sandwiched between two depressions. Many regions will benefit from dry weather with clearings during the day. From the coast to the province of Antwerp and in the far south, some (winter) precipitation may occur. The maxima will oscillate between 0 or -1 degree in Haute Ardenne and +4 or +5 degrees by the sea.
On Friday, provinces close to France should escape precipitation from the west and northwest. On the other hand, they will regularly affect other regions as well as the coastline. It will be melting snow turning to rain at low altitudes, and snow followed by melting snow on the terrain.
“After these three days, we expect temperatures to rise on Saturday, and even mildness for Sunday!” Pascal Mormal told us. “It’s a real see-saw and uncertain week that awaits us, especially as we expect the cold to return, but with dry weather, next week.”
