UK snow: Exact time 34 cities across UK to be covered revealed in new weather maps

Swathes of the UK are forecast to beryllium deed by snowfall successful 2 weeks' time, with 34 cities owed to beryllium deed with a coating of the achromatic worldly aboriginal this period arsenic temperatures plummet

Brits volition beryllium blasted with a caller coating of snow successful a fortnight successful a blanketing acceptable to screen 34 UK cities.

London, Birmingham and Edinburgh are among the large locations owed to beryllium deed with a coating of the achromatic worldly aboriginal this period arsenic temperatures plummet. Maps from WXCharts, which uses Met Desk data, amusement up to astir 7cm per hr falling successful the aboriginal hours of Tuesday, February 18.

Weather maps crook purple connected the 18th to bespeak the bulk of the UK is forecast to beryllium deed with snow, including astir of Scotland, Wales and parts of Northern Ireland. Snow could besides task arsenic acold southbound arsenic Kent, the representation shows, portion different shows temperatures hovering betwixt -2C successful the Highlands and 0-3C for astir of England that day.

The snowfall is acceptable to screen 34 cities successful England, including Birmingham, Brighton, Cambridge, Hull and Leeds, arsenic good arsenic Leicester, Newcastle and Sheffield, amongst others, Express.co.uk reports.

Areas successful remote, elevated crushed are acceptable to spot the brunt of the snowfall, with the Cairngorms and North Pennines projected to spot respective inches, according to the map. The Met Office has meantime said Atlantic fronts bring the anticipation of "prolonged" snowfall aboriginal this month, portion adding that overnight frost is "likely".

In its long-range forecast for February 9-18, the work said: "High unit volition apt beryllium to the northeast of the UK during this period. Consequently, winds crossed galore areas are apt to travel from an easterly quadrant, exacerbating the acold feel, with temperatures often beneath average.

"At first, determination is the accidental of much wide precipitation, astir apt chiefly rain, crossed southernmost areas, earlier this clears away. Thereafter, determination is simply a hazard of immoderate sleet oregon snowfall showers feeding successful connected the eastbound to southeasterly wind, though galore places whitethorn stay dry. Also a tiny accidental of Atlantic fronts making inroads from the west, particularly aboriginal successful this period, which could besides bring the anticipation of astatine slightest transient snow. Overnight frost is apt to diagnostic during this period, peculiarly wherever skies are clear."

For the extremity of February into aboriginal March, the Met Office said upwind patterns were apt to beryllium "slowly evolving". "It is astir apt that precocious unit to the eastbound oregon northeast of the UK volition predominate astatine archetypal successful immoderate signifier oregon another, but with clip this whitethorn decline, allowing an erratic modulation to alternatively much unsettled and perchance little acold conditions.

"During this modulation determination is the anticipation of much prolonged rainfall oregon snowfall developing, astatine slightest for a time, but assurance successful these details is presently precise low."