Parts of Scotland and England are set to be blanketed in snow on New Year’s Day.
The New Year could bring severe snow in parts of the UK (Image: Getty/WXCharts.com)
Parts of Britain are set to be hit by a huge blast of snow with some parts of the country seeing in excess of 25cm on New Year’s Day.
Weather reports in the lead up to Christmas warned of a mild festive period that was set to come to an abrupt end in the lead up to the new year.
New data obta ined by WXCharts.com shows that not only will temperatures drop well below zero
Scotland is to be affected the most with the vast majority of the country seeing snow on January 1.
Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen will all see significant snowfall with the Inverness in the north seeing some of the heaviest snow with as much as 58cm in the surrounding highlands.
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There could be as much as 58cm in some parts of the UK (Image: WXCharts.com)
England will not be immune from the snowy weather, with Newcastle set to see between 5 and 9cm of snow and parts of Yorkshire also set to be affected.
Parts of Northern Ireland will also be hit although it is likely this will be less severe than other parts of the country.
Neil Armstrong is a Met Office Chief Forecaster. He said: “From Sunday we will start to see some heavy rain affecting northwestern parts of Scotland. After a brief respite, further rain and strong winds will be in place on Monday and Tuesday across Scotland, as another area of low-pressure approaches.
“This may be accompanied by some heavy snowfall in the mountains and perhaps to lower elevations.”
Temperatures across Scotland will be below freezing (Image: WXCharts.com)
Parts of the UK are set to be hit by heavy winds (Image: WXCharts.com)
Large parts of northern England and Scotland will experience temperatures well below freezing throughout New Year’s Day, with very few places making it above zero.
Temperatures in the south of England will be much milder, with London and the south coast set to see temperatures of around 10 degrees.
Tony Wisson is a Deputy Chief Meteorologist. He added: “Later in the week, wintry showers are likely to be a feature of the forecast as a cold northerly flow becomes established.”
Neil Armstrong added: “With such varied and potentially fast-moving weather conditions it is important for people to keep up to date with the forecast.”
Affected Areas
Scotland
Caithness
Ross-shire
Cromartyshire
Nairnshire
Morayshire
Banffshire
Inverness-shire
Aberdeenshire
Argyllshire
Perthshire
Angus
Kincardineshire
Kinrossshire
Clackmanshire
Stirlingshire
Fife
Stirlingshire
Dumbarton
Renfrewshire
West Lothian
Lanarkshire
Midlothian
East Lothian
Peeblesshire
Lanarkshire
Buteshire
Ayrshire
Dumfriesshire
Selkirkshire
Berwickshire
Roxburghshire
Dumfriesshire
Kirkcudbrightshire
Wigtownshire
England
Cumberland
Northumberland
Durham
Yorkshire
Northern Ireland
Antrim
Londonderry
Tyrone
