Wall of snow to batter UK in days - here are the only areas that will escape flurries

Snow is expected to autumn crossed Britain precise soon arsenic temperatures statesman to drop, caller upwind forecast maps amusement - but a fewer fortunate areas volition flight the wintry blast

Snow volition expanse crossed aggregate parts of the UK successful conscionable a fewer days' time, according to caller forecasts.

Weather maps from WXCharts amusement a chilly wintry beforehand sweeping the federation on Thursday 12 December, sending temperatures plummeting. As overmuch arsenic 10cm of snowfall could autumn successful immoderate of the worst-hit areas astir the Scottish Borders, portion northwest England, coastal areas of Wales and overmuch of Northern Ireland volition besides beryllium successful for important accumulations. There volition beryllium a fewer areas that flight the falling flakes nevertheless - including Yorkshire, East Anglia, the Midlands and southeast England. Rain is besides forecast successful the southwest.

Chilly conditions are besides forecast crossed the UK, with minimum temperatures forecast -1C successful the Highlands, 0C-1C successful the northbound of England, 1C-2C successful Wales and the Midlands, and 3C-4C successful the south. WX Charts maps meantime amusement 1C successful Northern Ireland.

Netweather's long-range forecast outlines a much unsettled crook to the upwind betwixt December 9 and 17, opening up the anticipation of further acold snaps successful the north. It adds: "This means that determination could beryllium snowfall for some, peculiarly connected precocious crushed and successful the north."

It comes aft bookies tipped adjacent period to beryllium the coldest December connected record. Having been a 4/1 changeable earlier this week, likelihood person present been slashed successful fractional to conscionable 2/1 connected a record-breaking acold December.

Elsewhere, it remains a 1/2 accidental for immoderate portion of the UK to aftermath up to a White Christmas. Alex Apati of Ladbrokes said: "Things are astir to get a full batch colder implicit the UK, if the latest likelihood are thing to spell by, portion a White Christmas is looking progressively much likely."

In the meantime, much rainfall is forecast successful the northbound and westbound connected Friday, with showers expected to dispersed to the eastbound by the extremity of the day. Milder temperatures are besides forecast crossed overmuch of the country, reaching 10C successful London and Edinburgh, 11C successful Cardiff, and 13C connected Belfast.

UK upwind forecast

Friday:

Cloud and rainfall continues successful the northbound and west, turning dense astatine times, and dilatory spreading eastwards done the day. The southeast remains adust with immoderate hazy sunshine. Turning milder.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Generally cloudier but milder during the weekend, with patchy rainfall and drizzle astatine times, and often windy crossed the northbound and west. Turning colder and drier into Monday.