The freeze is due to set in overnight on January 3 leaving several areas covered in snow as a 510-mile snow blizzard could blanket parts of the UK, according to new maps
A huge 510-mile snow blizzard could blanket parts of the UK in snow as temperatures plummet to a freezing -9C.
Parts of the country from Wick in Scotland to East Yorkshire in England will be hit by snow in a matter of days, weather maps from WXCharts suggest.
The freeze is due to set in overnight on January 3 leaving several areas covered in snow.
Areas around Newcastle and Ipswich are set to see layers of the white stuff as the mercury could be set to plunge to as low as -6C in these parts of the country.
But the wintery weather is due to head south with even parts of Cornwall experiencing the big chill, according to the forecasts.
However, the coldest conditions will be seen around Perth and Kinross in Scotland, with Brits freezing at temperatures as low as -9C on January 3. The weather maps for the day have turned icy blue, suggesting the whole country will be battered by the sub-zero temperatures.
The Met Office’s long-range forecast between January 3 and 17 warns of cold air close to the UK that could bring wintry hazards in some places.
It says: “High pressure will probably be close to the UK at the start of this period, perhaps most likely centred to the west, and whilst this may allow relatively settled and dry conditions with a risk of frost and fog initially, there will be the chance of some occasional wet weather at times, perhaps more especially in the north and east.
“Given some relatively cold air close to the UK, this may bring the chance of some wintry hazards in places. Towards mid-month, there is the potential for rather more changeable conditions to develop more widely, although confidence in this aspect of the forecast is currently low.”
List of most impacted counties:
Highland
Moray
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Perth and Kinross
Dundee city
Fife
Clackmannanshire
Edinburgh
West Lothian
Midlothian
North Lanarkshire
Scottish Borders
Dumfries and Galloway
East Dunbartonshire
Northumberland
Cumbria
Durham
North Yorkshire
East Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
Lancashire
Lincolnshire
Norfolk
Suffolk
Buckinghamshire
Oxfordshire
Cornwall
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