UK new weather maps show more of Britain now getting hammered by snow on Christmas Day.uk
Large parts of the UK could wake up to a white Christmas this year with a snow bomb predicted to hit on the big day.
Large parts of the UK may wake up to a white Christmas this year (Image: WXCHARTS/Getty)
Large parts of the UK could wake up to a white Christmas on December 25, with a dumping of snow predicted to hit the country.
Brutal WXCHARTS weather maps for Christmas Day have turned various shades of purple and white, indicating that snow is firmly on its way.
The updated weather maps
Scotland is forecast to receive the brunt of the snow, with weather maps turning a dark purple on midday on Christmas Day – suggesting that heavy snowfall is likely.
Major UK cities including Edinburgh and Glasgow could see between 2-3cm of the white stuff fall per hour.
Weather maps show a variety of towns and cities will be blanketed in snow on Christmas Day (Image: WXCHARTS)
In England, the North East could record 3cm of snow.
Meanwhile areas set to avoid snow, such as Wales, could instead be swamped by a massive wall of rain covering nearly the entirety of the country.
North Wales will see the worst of the downpours, with a maximum of 10mm of rain per hour forecast. Mid Wales will record 4mm of rain per hour.
The North West and North East will also be blanketed in rain, with key cities including Manchester and Newcastle forecast to get 4mm per hour.
Weather maps have turned a variety of colours this Christmas (Image: WXCHARTS)
By midnight on Boxing Day, the brutal weather conditions show no sign of easing off, with the whole of the UK predicted to be engulfed by a wall of rain and snow.
Weather maps forecast that almost the entirety of Scotland will see heavy snowfall, with depths of 4cm per hour likely.
Wales is predicted to have a whitewash Christmas, with the country barely visible on weather maps. Large parts of the country will record between 5-10mm of rainfall.
South West England and the North West are also forecast to receive the brunt of the hammering rain.
London wont escape the battering, with up to 2mm of rain per hour predicted in the capital.
The whole of the UK could be covered in rain and snow at midnight on Boxing Day (Image: WXCHARTS)
Separately, in the Met Office‘s weather update for Christmas Eve until January 7, the forecaster warned that “some sleet and snow is likely at times, especially on high ground in the North”.
During this period, “unsettled conditions appear likely for most, with spells of wind and rain followed by showers affecting most areas but especially the north and northwest of the UK”.
However, there are signs that more settled conditions are sometimes possible, “these perhaps most likely across the south late in December or into early January”.
Temperatures are likely to be around average overall.
