Where and when snow is set to fall today – with even more on the way

Getting into the Christmas spirit a few months early (Picture: PA/Met Office)

Nothing says Spring quite like snow. And a fair bit of it.

Some parts of the UK may have a few centimetres of snow this week ahead of the Easter Bank Holiday weekend.

The hills of Scotland will see the most of it, though this isn’t too unusual for this time of year.

Snow began falling at around 6.45am today in northern Scotland, according to the Met Office, with more blanketing near Aberdeen and the Highlands.

While the national weather service says the snow will begin to ease now, it’ll be back near Glasgow from 10.30pm.

But that won’t be the last of it.

The snow in southern Scotland is very much sticking around for most of tomorrow too. The Met Office predicts the Southern Uplands areas around Glasgow, Biggar and Cumnock will see up to 4mm of snow an hour from 12am.

An independent weather service says there’s a small chance it’ll snow in Scotland for most of this week (Picture: Peter Jolly/Northpix)

orgarff in Starthdon this morning (Picture: Peter Jolly/Northpix)

Almost all of northern Scotland will be blanketed by 4.15am, with only the northeast coastline and northern tup of the country escaping it.

Patches of light and heavy snow will hover above central Scotland for most of Wednesday.

Snow will start to fall in Wales near Llandelio and Lampeter from 8am on Wednesday before moving north towards Barmouth.

There’s around chance of snow just south of Ballycastle in Northern Ireland from around 12am tomorrow as well.

According to Net Weather, an independent forecasting service, there’s a low chance (but still a chance nevertheless) that some parts of Yorkshire and North West England will see some snow in the early hours of Thursday.

Most parts of the UK have a chance of seeing a snowflake or two today (Picture: Net Weather)

Overall, the last snowflakes the UK will see this week should fall around on Saturday.

In not-as-fun weather news, Northern Ireland will also see up to 50mm of rain today.

A yellow warning is in place for most of the eastern half of the country until 6am tomorrow.

Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist Helen Caughey said: ‘It’s another very unsettled week for much of the UK, with heavy, blustery showers, longer spells of rain and also some strong winds.

‘In terms of hazards in the current forecast, we’re continuing to keep an eye on some of the expected rainfall totals as they build up through the week, with some places, including Northern Ireland, still quite sensitive to rainfall amounts due to the wet winter many have experienced.

‘We will also need to monitor the winds with the potential for gales to develop around some coastal areas of the north at first, then later for some south and southwestern areas, especially as these may coincide with some high tides.’

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