UK weather maps show 72 hours of non-stop snow set to batter Britain - with WX Charts predicting a downturn in conditions. Maps and charts from WX Charts, which uses Met Desk data, shows flurries from April 2 at midday into April 3 and beyond, with 7cm at times in the worst-hit parts of Scotland and England, and 2cm more widely.
From April 2, Wick in Scotland will be hit, as well as Yorkshire in England, and the snow could spread further south in England by April 5, when Birmingham faces flurries. It could also hit Wales and parts of the North West including Manchester, as well as the Midlands.
Maps from Netweather.tv suggest a similar forecast, with snow probability rising to 80 per cent and higher in some parts of Scotland and northern England. Despite the projections from the forecasters, the BBC Weather team does not seem as convinced.
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The BBC team says of April 1 to April 8: "The milder trend should continue into early April. Nothing significantly warm is expected but temperatures are more likely to be a little above average than below. It should stay unsettled, with low pressure moving sluggishly near Ireland or the near Atlantic and sending occasional bands of frontal rain or secondary low pressure systems across the United Kingdom.
"However, conditions will probably become less wet later in the period, with precipitation amounts closer to normal overall. With high pressure building to the north, low pressure systems should track a bit farther south than normal, which could mean more rain in southern areas of the UK than the north.
"Parts of Scotland could be a little drier than average, and some chillier air could move back in later in the period across at least the northern UK, with temperatures closer to the seasonal average again." And the Met Office says of April 1 to April 8: "All areas are likely to see further rain or showers at times, with some drier spells in between.
"The wettest weather will tend to favour the south whilst northern parts remain a bit drier on average. In general, temperatures around average, occasionally cooler in the north, and milder in the south."
