Snow maps show '2cm per hour' flurries will sweep UK on New Year's Day
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Brits may not have had a white Christmas this year, but a white New Year could be on the cards. Snow is set to fall '2cm every hour' and blanket parts of Britain in the coming days, with purple weather maps showing exactly what areas will turn white next week.
New maps created from WX Charts' latest data show that swathes of the nation could be engulfed by snow when parts of the UK are plunged into a New Year's Day chill after a cold and damp Christmas. Conditions have recently levelled out across the country, with a mild front settling in over typically chilly areas under a thick coating of cloud. Temperatures have widely clocked in at around 8C to 9C, and look set to increase with the weekend bringing possible highs in the low double figures.
However the current mild spell appears unlikely to last, according to the latest forecast maps, which show not one but two walls of snow descending on the country. The maps from WXCharts predict that snow, in some places, could pile up to half a foot in some places, and several inches in others, with 2cm falling every hour.
WXCharts, which applies data from MetDesk, shows two purple masses on its recent maps, one in the north around Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland, and a second in England and Wales on January 5. The northern snowfall appears set to hit the hardest, with totals of 18cm (seven inches) over high ground on the northeast Scottish coast.
Lower totals are set to fall elsewhere, up to 4cm along the Scottish-English border and stopping. The second snowy front picks up just below Newcastle on the east coast, and looks set to stick around in a large strip down the east coast before blanketing most of Wales and southeastern England.
