Met Office predicts up to 40cm of snow in Cumbria and Yorkshire

The meteorological service has issued a map of which areas it thinks will receive the most amount of snow on Thursday and Friday. 

A number of National Severe Warnings for snow and ice have been issued. Further warnings are likely to be issued throughout the week. 

Where the Met Office predicts there will be snow in the north later this week (Image: Met Office)

Most of Cumbria and Lancashire can expect 3-5cm of snow widely and 10-15cm locally, however high-ground areas in the east of Cumbria, northern Yorkshire, and in Northumberland could expect 5-10 cm widely and 30-40 cm locally. 

Met Office chief meteorologist Matthew Lehnert said: “Snow, ice and low temperatures are the main themes of this week’s forecast, with the UK under an arctic maritime air mass.

❄️ A battle between cold Arctic air and milder Atlantic air will result in disruptive #snow in some areas this week

Here's a look at what's going on and how much snow we are expecting 🧵 1/3 pic.twitter.com/uF5jPEdnyf

— Met Office (@metoffice) March 7, 2023

“Snow could lead to some travel disruption, with a chance some rural communities in the north could be cut off." 

Tonight and tomorrow (7-8 January) there will be snow across south and north-east England and in some parts of northern Scotland. Northern Ireland will have light snow for all of this week.