Heavy snow looks set to hit parts of Scotland and Wales this weekend, with the rest of the country bracing for stormy skies and downpours of rain. The latest weather maps for Friday, Saturday and Sunday this week reveal a bleak picture for most of the UK which looks set to be ready to be battered by wet and windy conditions. Friday sees the most widespread rainfall with the whole of the country seeing the results of the unsettled weather.
Weather maps from, WXCharts show the rainbow of colours representing the rainfall UK with parts even turning to snow - shown on the maps in purples and whites on Friday. Although by Saturday and Sundays forecasts parts of Scotland and a finger's width of Wales affected by the snow. Scotland could see as much as 4 to 7cm of snow on the final map of the weekend.
Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist, Chris Almond, said: “A very deep area of low pressure will bring a very unsettled, potentially disruptive, spell of weather to the UK through Friday and into Saturday. Winds will begin to strengthen on Thursday night with the peak gusts forecast through Friday in Northern Ireland and western Scotland.
"The wind will also be accompanied by heavy rain bringing some unpleasant conditions to end the week. “We have issued a Yellow weather warning for wind, and with several days before the impactful weather, the forecast details are likely to be fine-tuned during the week, so stay tuned to your local forecast and keep up to date with Met Office warnings.”.
