UK snow map shows 15 inches to fall with eight cities in England 'worst hit'

UK snow maps show 15 inches could be set to fall in the coming days - with eight cities in England 'worst hit'. Fresh maps and charts from WX Charts show as much as 30cm-plus could fall at times in the worst affected regions, including Wales and the Pennines.

WX Charts forecasts the weather using Met Desk data - and the reports have emerged as the country heads into a new working week in the middle of 48-hour Met Office yellow weather alerts, which span from today (Sunday November 17) into Tuesday.

Snow will also hit hard on Wednesday, November 20, if WX Charts is to be believed. It has forecast major towns and cities like Leeds, Sheffield, Northampton, Birmingham, Norwich, Ipswich, Manchester, Sheffield and Newcastle being hit.

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In Wales, Cardiff and Conwy face flurries, while Derry and Belfast face being struck in Northern Ireland. Scotland will take a brunt of the white stuff, the Met Office says, including Aberdeen, Inverness, Fort William, Wick and further south in Edinburgh, and Galashiels.

Giving its forecast for next weekend onwards, the BBC Weather team explained: "In the last week of November and at the start December - which is the start of meteorological winter too - there is a greater likelihood of an ongoing and quite active North Atlantic pattern. This will bring intense low-pressure systems across the UK from the west or south-west. The latter would lead to further windy or stormy conditions at times.

"Temperatures should eventually return to above average for this time of year, except parts of Scotland, where the colder air mass could persist, along with further snowfall and strong winds." The Beeb added: "In view of the approaching milder airmass from the south, some freezing rain cannot be ruled out in places during the transition period.

"The changeable or unsettled and windy conditions are likely to continue as the week progresses, although some high pressure could build into England and Wales."