Met Office weather maps show 20 counties face snow on Monday and Tuesday – list

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Met Office weather maps suggest snow could fall in parts of England, Wales and Scotland early next week, with some wintry showers also expected this weekend

Snowfall could hit parts of England, Wales and Scotland early next week, according to weather maps from the Met Office.

The national weather agency had already said “hill snow” was possible on Monday and Tuesday, although now it would appear the flurries may be more widespread than initially thought.

The Met Office charts show snow first arriving in Wales at around 6pm on Monday, while rain falls across most of southern and central England. The snow is expected to be most intense over hills in North Wales.

By 9pm, the maps show snow having drifted over the north-east, possibly reaching parts of Yorkshire as well as northern parts Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. And by midnight, snow is shown as falling over most of North Wales and northern England.

The wintry conditions are tracked to reach areas around the Scottish borders in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Most of the snow will have subsided by around 9am, the data suggests.

More snow is expected before Monday too. The Met Office says “some rain and hill snow” is on the cards in Scotland on Saturday, although thankfully conditions will be “largely fine and dry” elsewhere in England and Wales.

This all follows what BBC Weather has described as the “earliest major sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) on record”, as winds spiralling above the Arctic have shifted from their typical westerly direction to easterly.

Following SSW events, “these changes can slowly filter lower down in the atmosphere altering the position of the jet stream which drives what type of weather we experience on the ground”, the BBC explained.

SSW events often lead to cold snaps taking hold in the UK, and can also “boost the possibility of snow, especially across eastern parts of the UK”.

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