Met Office maps show wall of snow hitting England and Wales in 18 areas - full list

Detailed summary

Weather maps show parts of the UK which will be hit by a 200-mile wall of snow on Tuesday as an Arctic blast causes a deep freeze

Brits are facing a fresh Artic blast within days as a 200-mile band of snow is forecast to hit a huge swathe of England and Wales.

The UK is in the midst of a icy snap with temperatures dropping to -6.4C in Cumbria and Brecon last Thursday - and more wintry conditions predicted.

After another bitterly cold Saturday, the weather is expected to be slightly milder on Sunday with fronts bringing rain from the Atlantic before northern cold air, arriving from the Arctic, once again takes control.

At the same time, there is a band of wet weather moving northwards and the snow is predicted when this hits cold air.

Met Office maps show snow running horizontally across the UK, through northern Wales and England from midnight on Monday and in the early hours of Tuesday. This band then moves northwards and eastwards through the night before breaking up.

Around 3am it begins in southern Scotland, below Glasgow, crosses northern England and goes as low as Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire.

There could be more than 5cm of snow falling in these areas as well as nearer to 15cm in hilly areas of central Scotland.

BBC weather forecaster Helen Willetts says: "We can see that northerly wind coming back in later in the day pushing those weather fronts out of the way by the start of Monday and we are back into that sparkling Arctic air.

"So even at lower levels in the north we could see some snow showers and they will certainly be gathering in force across the northern part of Scotland.

Opening of the article, excerpted from Daily Mirror. To read the rest, open the article on the publisher's site.