Overview
- Latest GFS charts indicate a wintry front from 17 December, with heavy snow showers possible in Northern Ireland around 9pm and some snow in western Scotland, Wales and the south-west.
- By 3am on 18 December, model output shifts snowfall toward north-west England, focusing on Blackpool and parts of Scotland, before pushing east to the north-east, including Newcastle, by early morning.
- A secondary system is projected on the afternoon of 18 December, bringing further snow and rain to Manchester, Liverpool and Blackpool, with heavier snowfall signalled for parts of Wales and southern Scotland.
- Maps for the morning of 19 December suggest settled snow across Northern Ireland and potential disruption in Scottish cities including Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
- WXCHARTS visualisations point to earlier flurries from 12 December and heavier rates around the 18th, while the Met Office and BBC note frequent Atlantic systems, a slight cooling later in the period and a greater chance of snow mainly on higher northern ground.