UK snow map shows how much snow is coming to your area

Parts of the UK will see almost two inches of snow over the next six days - and you can see the snow forecast in your area using our new interactive map.

Snow is set to cover much of the country this week as temperatures plummet. The first of the wintery weather is set to arrive on Monday evening (November 18) and will continue throughout the week. The snow is set to peak on Saturday November 23 with heavy snowfall across much of the country.

The forecasts have come from Open Weather who use a number of data sources from global meteorological agencies such as the Met Office. The weather station at Rhyl will see the worst of it with a cumulative total of almost two inches of snow forecast to fall over the course of the next six days.

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Sheffield will see the next most with a combined one-and-a-half inches forecast over the course of the week. That’s followed by Leek in Staffordshire with 1.5 inches, Rochdale in Greater Manchester with 1.3 inches, Waddington in Lincolnshire with 0.8 inches, and Bingley in West Yorkshire also with 0.8 inches.

You can see when snow will reach your area and how bad it will be by using our interactive map.

The weather stations at both Loftus and Scarborough are prediciting "light" snow for the next three days. There is then the chance for "severe" levels on Saturday. Currently, there is a weather warning for snow and ice in our region until 10.00am on

The heaviest period of snow forecast this week is in Stowe in Buckinghamshire. A total of 0.6 inches of snow is forecast there at 6am on Saturday November 23. Sheffield will see its highest levels of snow at midnight on November 19. Some 0.6 inches of snow are forecast there on the very early hours of Tuesday morning.

The same amount is forecast in Rhyl at 6am on Saturday, while in Waddington the peak is forecast at midnight on Tuesday.

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