How much snow will the North West get this month?

Last year, schools across Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Lancashire, and Cheshire were closed due to the snow and ice.

Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport also closed its runway for several hours while Manchester Airport’s runways temporarily closed overnight on 4 January.

This time, the Met Office has said several models are predicting different outcomes over the coming week, and at the moment it is “on edge”.

“We might end up in a battleground between the cold air that’s currently here and something milder that wants to come in from the west,” said Alex Burkill, a Met Office meteorologist.

“When you have milder air hitting against the cold air you often get rain but also sleet and snow.

“It’s very on edge as to whether it could be wintry.”

He told the BBC that rainfall would “probably not be enough” to cause significant flooding, but snow would be a problem.

“If that came off then that would be very disruptive,” said Alex.

“It won’t be on the level of the Beast from the East, but there would be a significant amount of snow across many parts of England and Wales.”