UK snow forecast as maps show half the country buried this weekend in '1cm per hour' storm

Weather maps from WXCharts amusement parts of the UK volition look a barrage of snowfall implicit the Valentines Day play perchance dashing the plans of couples successful galore parts of the country

Brits could beryllium acceptable for different wintry barrage with new upwind maps showing fractional of the state being buried successful snowfall arsenic a 1cm-per-hour tempest hits the country.

Weather maps from WXCharts, which uses Metdesk data, amusement parts of the UK turning shades of purple, indicating snowfall successful the country. From 3pm connected February 15 arsenic overmuch arsenic 0.6cm of the achromatic stuff volition autumn connected Manchester, Lancashire, Cumbria, the occidental Scottish borders arsenic good arsenic occidental Scotland and the Highland.

Fastforward to 9pm that time and snowstorms go much scattered with arsenic overmuch arsenic 1cm falling per hr successful the Pennines with closters battering bluish Lincolnshire, the cardinal loop of Scotland, eastbound Scotland and Inverness and the surrounding areas.

Other regions of the state volition mostly stay adust with the objection of Cornwall, Northern Ireland and Aberdeen which volition spot arsenic overmuch arsenic 0.6cm of rainfall.

By midnight connected February 16, WXCharts maps amusement a snowfall extent of betwixt 2cm and 4cm crossed the Pennines portion successful bluish England, with akin conditions successful Northumbria and Cumbria. North of the border, arsenic overmuch of 4cm volition stay successful the cardinal loop of Scotland with arsenic overmuch arsenic 5cm successful the Highlands.

According to Met Office forecasters, patchy rainfall and elevation snowfall volition make betwixt Thursday and Friday with immoderate heavier rainfall successful the acold westbound by Friday. A acold easterly breeze is expected to proceed passim the day.

The Met Office said successful its long-range forecast for betwixt February 16 and February 25 warned Brits of chilly conditions and wintry showers. It added determination was a accidental of milder and wetter conditions being seen crossed overmuch of the country.

"South oregon south-easterly winds are apt astatine the commencement of this period, and volition support beneath mean temperatures and often cloudy conditions," the Met Office said. "There is simply a accidental of adjacent colder conditions processing temporarily, which would spot much wintry showers, particularly successful north-eastern areas.

"Meanwhile, frontal zones, bringing milder conditions and rain, volition effort to determination successful from the westbound oregon southwest. Early successful this play these look apt to person constricted power implicit the UK (apart from the acold SW which whitethorn already beryllium milder by this point).

"If, oregon when, they propulsion further north-eastwards the accidental of immoderate snowfall increases. The modulation betwixt colder and milder conditions remains uncertain, but towards the extremity of this period, the milder, wetter conditions are apt to person dispersed crossed overmuch of the country."