Brits are set to see snow next week with weather maps showing much of the country blanketed.
The Met Office has issued yellow warnings about snow and ice that can be expected in 45 areas. A yellow weather warning has been put in place from Sunday until Tuesday, offering advice on how to stay safe.
Snow is largely expected in the north of England and in Scotland – these areas will be most heavily impacted.
Much of southern Scotland and north-east England, parts of Yorkshire, and parts of north-west England, including Lancashire and Cumbria are included in these warnings.
But new weather maps from WXCHARTS show the areas which may not see any snow at all on Monday and Tuesday – the days the Met Office warnings are in place.
A map for Monday at around 6pm shows the area below Birmingham, through London and down to the south coast that may escape snowfall, as could a part of Scotland to the east of Edinburgh and southern Wales.
It’s a similar story on Tuesday, withthe map almost replicating what is shown 24 hours earlier, with the likes of London, Cardiff, Brighton and Southampton set to escape the snow.
Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist Rebekah Hicks explains: “A notable early winter cold spell will arrive across the north from Sunday and will likely reach all parts of the UK by midweek.
“Temperatures will drop as a northerly airflow develops, bringing in colder Arctic air. This introduces the possibility of snow, initially over high ground in the north from Sunday, with gusty winds also a potential hazard.
“As the cold air spreads south, wintry weather is possible more widely, and a snow and ice warning has already been issued for parts of Scotland and Northern England for early next week.”
Full list of 45 areas under Met Office warning
The warning in place from Sunday includes the following areas:
Grampian
Highlands & Eilean Siar
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Highland
Orkney & Shetland
- Orkney Islands
- Shetland Islands
The warning in place from Monday includes the following areas:
Central, Tayside & Fife
- Clackmannanshire
- Falkirk
- Fife
- Stirling
North East England
- Darlington
- Durham
- Gateshead
- Hartlepool
- Middlesbrough
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- North Tyneside
- Northumberland
- Redcar and Cleveland
- South Tyneside
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Sunderland
North West England
SW Scotland, Lothian Borders
- Dumfries and Galloway
- East Lothian
- Edinburgh
- Midlothian Council
- Scottish Borders
- West Lothian
Strathclyde
- Argyll and Bute
- East Ayrshire
- East Dunbartonshire
- East Renfrewshire
- Glasgow
- Inverclyde
- North Ayrshire
- North Lanarkshire
- Renfrewshire
- South Ayrshire
- South Lanarkshire
- West Dunbartonshire
Yorkshire & Humber
- North Yorkshire
- West Yorkshire
- York
