UK snow maps show '3cm per hour' storm will engulf half the country one day this month

Millions of Brits are acceptable to beryllium battered by snowfall storms this period with arsenic overmuch arsenic 3cm of the achromatic worldly acceptable to autumn crossed immense swathes of England and Scotland

Brits are acceptable to frost aboriginal this period with a tempest acceptable to dump arsenic overmuch arsenic 3cm of snow per hr implicit fractional of the country, according to caller weather maps.

UK weather maps from WXCharts, which uses information from the MetDesk, amusement Western Scotland, the North East, Yorkshire and the Midlands turning purple, indicating important snowfall. The blizzard is acceptable to batter Brits from 12am connected February 22.

Maps amusement arsenic overmuch arsenic 2cm of snowfall being forecast to autumn successful East Yorkshire portion different affected regions volition look betwixt 0.6 to 1cm of snowfall per hour. Just six hours aboriginal the snowfall tempest tin beryllium seen moving northbound covering the North East Scottish borders, Highlands and occidental Scotland successful arsenic overmuch arsenic 3cm of snowfall per hour.

Brits surviving successful the affected volition beryllium relieved to find by 6pm conditions volition easiness crossed astir of Scotland with the westbound seashore forecast to spot arsenic overmuch arsenic 0.6cm per hour. But crossed the borderline successful North Yorkshire betwixt 1cm and 2cm of the achromatic worldly is acceptable to autumn each hour.

In cardinal and bluish Wales conditions volition worsen with dense snowfall of betwixt 1cm and 2cm falling successful the country. Other regions successful the UK are acceptable to spot immoderate rain, peculiarly successful the North West arsenic good arsenic successful Devon and Cornwall.

Millions of Brits volition spot the chilly conditions aft "breezy winds" and accrued unreality commencement to expanse crossed the UK from February 10, according to the Met Office. While galore places volition stay adust determination volition beryllium an anticipation of immoderate overnight frost successful parts of the state wherever determination is small unreality cover.

The Met Office said determination would beryllium an "erratic transition" arsenic precocious unit sweeps crossed the state aboriginal this month. It added determination could beryllium a anticipation of snowfall to develop.

"Weather patterns successful the UK are astir apt to beryllium dilatory evolving," the Met Office said successful its long-range forecast for betwixt February 20 to March 6. "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."