Maps from WXCharts using MetDesk data show snow - indicated in purple - moving across the UK on New Year's Day, with several centimetres falling per hour over much of northern Scotland, Cumbria, parts of Northern Ireland and Wales.
UK weather: Britain to be blanketed in snow within days as winter storm moves in Britain is set to be blanketed in snow thanks to a cold winter front, according to new weather forecasts.
Christmas Day itself will be cloudy for most, although some eastern areas of the UK, most likely eastern Scotland, may see some clear or sunny spells.
Deputy Chief Meteorologist, Rebekah Hicks, said: "We’ll start to see high pressure to the south of the UK bringing in more settled and much milder conditions from Christmas Eve.
"We could see some drizzle across hills in the west, and some more persistent rain is possible for northwest Scotland but overall, it will be a fairy cloudy, nondescript day.
