{"id":653813,"date":"2025-12-25T09:22:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T09:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/653813\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T09:22:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T09:22:51","slug":"uk-snow-maps-show-when-brits-will-be-blasted-with-90-hours-of-non-stop-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/653813\/","title":{"rendered":"UK snow maps show when Brits will be blasted with 90 hours of &#8216;non-stop&#8217; snow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>90 hours of snow is set to batter Brits from Inverness to Cornwall within a fornight according to new weather maps that show snow set to sweep in from the Atlantic<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_BRITAIN-WEATHER-CLIMATE-ENVIRONMENT.jpg\" alt=\"BRITAIN-WEATHER-CLIMATE-ENVIRONMENT\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>90 hours of snow is forecast from Inverness to Cornwall(Image: Getty)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The UK is bracing for a whopping 90 hours of snowfall, stretching from Inverness to Cornwall within the next two weeks, as per <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/weather\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"weatherLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">weather<\/a> maps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Weather forecasting service WXCharts has projected that <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/snow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"snowLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">snow<\/a> will roll in from the Atlantic, initially making landfall in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/scotland\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"ScotlandLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Scotland<\/a> before sweeping across the nation over a three-day period. The weather experts anticipate light snowfall in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/aberdeen\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"AberdeenLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Aberdeen<\/a> on January 4 at 6am, but the real onslaught is expected to commence 24 hours later on January 5, originating in Scotland and gradually spreading across <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/england\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"EnglandLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">England<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Near Dundee, around 1 inch of snow is forecasted to fall per hour at approximately 6 am, before shifting towards Glasgow by early morning. By 6pm, England will be squarely in the crosshairs.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/uk-snow-bomb-last-12-36454120\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"36454120\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UK snow bomb to last 12 hours hitting 11 counties in England &#8211; check your area<\/a>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/breaking-met-office-christmas-day-36453377\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"36453377\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Met Office Christmas Day weather warning with &#8216;blackout&#8217; alert for 26 areas<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_Weather-fronts-across-a-map-of-the-UK.jpg\" alt=\"Weather fronts across a map of the UK\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Weather maps, January 5 at 6pm(Image: WXCharts)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Predictions suggest the snow will drift south along the west coast, from Cumbria down to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/manchester\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Manchester<\/a>, although the rate of snowfall is expected to lessen by this point. The following day, the UK will experience a brief respite, with concentrated patches of snow primarily affecting northern Scotland and Blackpool. However, this lull is merely the calm before the storm, as another wave of snow is predicted to strike at midnight, leading into January 7.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_Weather-front-over-a-map-of-the-UK.jpg\" alt=\"Weather front over a map of the UK\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Weather maps, January 7 at midnight(Image: WXCharts)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Less than 1 inch of snow per hour could descend over Blackpool, Manchester and Yorkshire, as well as the northernmost point of Scotland, reports <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/weather\/2150056\/uk-blitzed-90-hours-non-stop\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">the Express<\/a>. By 6am, forecasts indicate the weather front will have shifted from the west to blanket Lincolnshire and parts of Yorkshire with around 1 inch of snow. Aberdeen is set to receive a light dusting, as is central Wales.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">By noon on January 7, the weather system will have reached as far south as Cornwall, where forecasters have predicted a very light dusting of snow. In eastern regions, WXCharts has indicated that Norfolk could see approximately 1inch of snow falling per hour.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_Weather-system-over-a-map-of-the-UK.jpg\" alt=\"Weather system over a map of the UK\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Weather maps, January 7 at 6am(Image: WXCharts)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">By 6pm, England will be predominantly dry, with only scattered light snow showers anticipated just north of London. However, at this stage Scotland will be blanketed entirely from its northern extremity down to Glasgow, with roughly 1inch of snow expected to fall hourly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">By midnight, Cumbria, Northumberland and Manchester could be at risk, with less than an inch of snowfall anticipated per hour, potentially leading to treacherous icy conditions on the morning of January 8 as temperatures are forecast to plummet well below freezing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_Weather-front-over-UK-map.jpg\" alt=\"Weather front over UK map\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Weather maps, January 7 at 12pm(Image: WXCharts)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/met-office\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Met Office<\/a> acknowledges that predicting snow is difficult, and its forecast differs. The weather agency&#8217;s long-range forecast from December 28 to January 6 predicts that settled and mainly dry conditions will continue for many parts of the UK in the first week of January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">However, it added there was a &#8220;small chance that more unsettled, wetter and milder weather could develop at times, particularly in the north&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"90 hours of snow is set to batter Brits from Inverness to Cornwall within a fornight according to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":653814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5018,3,4],"tags":[748,393,4884,1142,1144,712,2462,16,15,1764,741],"class_list":{"0":"post-653813","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-britain","8":"category-uk","9":"category-united-kingdom","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-met-office","14":"tag-northern-ireland","15":"tag-scotland","16":"tag-snow","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-wales","20":"tag-weather"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115779484618628683","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=653813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/653814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=653813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=653813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=653813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}