UK set for 45-hour snow storm with two major cities in England facing 10cm

The UK faces a 45-hour barrage of snowfall with new maps showing the exact date it pummels into Britain. As December starts and we head towards Christmas, maps from WX Charts show that on Tuesday (December 3), the North of England, including Manchester and Newcastle will be hit with snow which could reach up to 3cm per hour.

Snowfall in Scotland could reach as high as 10cm per hour with Newcastle in England also seeing the same level. James Madden, from Exacta Weather, said: "Additionally, the snow risk will then transfer further south to large parts of Wales and central, eastern, and southern regions, including the capital, and to some other parts in the northern half of Ireland during this evening and into Tuesday morning (unusual for November).

"Again, despite projections for snow being definitive across higher ground in these above regions, there is also no reason as to why some of this weather won’t turn temporarily wintry or have some heavy snow showers at lower levels as the conditions become ripe for these types of wintry developments during this period.

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"Our much earlier and within at least several repeated updates and well-viewed TikTok videos also covered the exact dates of in and around 19-20 November for these types of developments to occur (see dated posts below and via the Exacta Weather website)."

"There is only a small amount of variability in weather patterns in the period ahead. A quite active and mostly mild North Atlantic pattern could continue over much of the UK meaning that spells of wind and rain are likely. Any high pressure influence would be rather temporary," the BBC Weather team has said, as we head towards December.

"However there could be occasions when a colder north-westerly flow develops, consistent with the centre of low pressure moving towards the eastern North Atlantic. As a result, temperatures could be a little lower at times, especially in Northern Ireland and Scotland with a possibility of occasional wintry precipitation, even at lower levels."