A brutal 36-hour polar blast is set to hit 54 counties across the UK, according to WXCHARTS weather maps.
The maps have turned purple and white, indicating that snow and freezing conditions will once again batter the country. The latest big freeze is expected to start at 6am on Friday, January 24 and last until 6pm on Saturday, January 25. Southern Scotland could wake up to a blanket of snow, with many parts of the country potentially seeing up to 3cm.
England won’t be spared either, with the north west possibly seeing snow depths reach 1cm in the early hours of January 24. As the day progresses, the snow is predicted to spread further across the country, including the north east and Yorkshire and the Humber.
Major cities such as Newcastle and Manchester could see snowfall from midday. North and mid Wales could also be covered by a blanket of snow.
The 54 counties expected to be hit with snow include Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll, Ayrshire, Banffshire, Berwickshire, Buteshire, Caithness, Clackmannanshire, Dumfriesshire, Dunbartonshire, East Lothian, Fife, Inverness-shire, Kincardineshire, Kinross-shire, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Midlothian, Moray, Nairnshire, Orkney, Peebleshire, Perthshire, Renfrewshire, Ross and Cromarty, Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire, Shetland, Stirlingshire, Sutherland, West Lothian, Wigtownshire, Isle of Anglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Wrexham, Ceredigion, Powys, Northumberland, Cumberland, Durham, Westmorland, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cheshire, Derby, Nottingham, Shropshire and Stafford , reports the Express.
The mercury is also set to plunge to below freezing
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Temperatures are expected to plummet across the UK, with Scotland bearing the brunt of the cold snap. The mercury is forecast to struggle to rise above a chilly -1C, while the Scottish Highlands could see temperatures drop as low as -3C.
The north west, north east, and Yorkshire and the Humber regions will experience temperatures ranging from -1C to 2C. London, the south east, and south west will fare slightly better, but temperatures will still only reach a dismal 3C.
Temperatures could plunge to -10C on Saturday January 25
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The cold spell shows no signs of abating, with weather maps predicting that the Scottish Highlands could see temperatures plummet to -10C by 6pm on Saturday, January 25. Other parts of Scotland will hover around -5C, while London, the south east, and south west will drop below freezing.
Only parts of the south west are expected to remain above freezing. The Met Office has warned of an “unsettled and windier than average period” driven by a “dominant flow from the Atlantic”, leading to bands of rain and stronger winds at times.