The UK is bracing for a really chilly begin to 2025 because the nation braces for a wall of snow that extends as far down south as London.

Although the probabilities of a white Christmas are trying unlikely for most individuals except you reside within the Scottish Highlands, a white new yr seems to be on the playing cards.

New maps have revealed that the interval from January 2-3 is because of deliver dustings stretching from the north of Scotland proper all the way down to the south of England.

By 12pm on January 2, a big portion of Scotland may have been swept with snow, starting from 5cm within the Highlands to only 1cm in Edinburgh.

Surprisingly, a lot of the north of England will escape the snow, affecting solely Newcastle and Northumberland with low ranges of roughly 1cm.

The prospect of seeing snow on the second day of 2025 will increase in Wales, the Midlands and additional south. The Midlands will see snow depths between 1-4cm, whereas Wales can count on as a lot as 6cm.

Within the south of England, the worst-affected areas are anticipated to be Berkshire and Wiltshire, the place dustings will accumulate to 4-6cm.

January 3 will see the identical areas affected, although the quantity of snow will begin slowly reducing because it eases off all through the week.

The temperature can be anticipated to drop in areas coinciding with the snow, plummeting to as little as -8C in south Wales on January 2 and -9C in Hampshire on January 3.

The Met Workplace lengthy vary forecast for December 27 till January 5 states that this era can be characterised by “gentle, cloudy circumstances for many” with some drizzle in locations and extra persistent rain throughout northwest Scotland.

It mentioned: “Many different areas are predominantly dry however quite cloudy, with the perfect cloud breaks prone to be discovered throughout elements of jap Scotland and Northeastern England.

“Across the flip of the yr, it appears extra possible that colder, extra showery circumstances will doubtless make a minimum of some ingress into northern and maybe central areas, bringing a danger of some impacts from ice, sleet and snow.”

The prediction added: “Extensively gentle at first, maybe exceptionally so in some locations, however temperatures most likely return to nearer regular by early January. All through, any clearer spells in a single day could result in localised frost and fog.”