Throughout Saturday afternoon and evening, we will see the first of these widespread and heavy snow showers forming and falling across some large parts of Scotland and large parts of northern England and potentially to parts of northeast England and also across parts of Northern Ireland.
"These heavy snow showers are very likely to bring some significant and accumulating snow across higher ground in combination with accumulating snow over a large span of some much lower levels in these parts.
In a new update today, James Madden from Exacta Weather said: "Throughout late tomorrow evening (Saturday) and into Sunday, we will be cold enough for widespread and heavy snow showers to start developing across large parts of the country (even to lower levels).
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The snow showers will continue for much of Sunday and could also become temporarily problematic across parts of Yorkshire and some central/Midland regions and in eastern parts of Ireland.
