Next UK wall of snow on course to hit 17 counties in England - full list
17 counties in England are at risk from the next UK snow bomb - which will be a "wall" of white stuff hammering the country. UK weather maps have turned purple as a new wall of snow hits 17 counties.Maps and charts, from WX Charts, show snow sweeping across the north and Midlands. Met Desk data, used by WX Charts, has turned its weather maps purple, white and grey, which is an indicator of heavy snowfall.Counties at risk include Staffordshire, Derbyshire, and Nottinghamshire, making up three Midlands counties. And Lincolnshire, as well as North Lincolnshire, could also be hit, alongside South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire.READ MORE Major UK city plans 'People First Zone' which will prevent cars from using roadsGreater Manchester, Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Wrexham, Lancashire and Westmorland and Furness are also set for a dusting.County Durham, Tyne and Wear and Cumberland could also be blanketed alongside Northumberland. The snow is earmarked to return from Friday, January 16.James Madden, from Exacta Weather, said: "I've waited very patiently as to when I would post the “keep calm” and “cold easterly” images below for during this winter. It wasn't even posted before the latest and recent 'transient' snow events because of them being 'transient' and not from the east."However, this is now the right time to post this, with us now being only several days away from something significantly colder and prolonged with 'widespread' and 'lasting' snow events this time around (high-confidence) and also for around our exact dates once again."I guess it really is Happy Monday for all the coldies and snow lovers as major cold and snow return to our shores but with much more venom in severity than the recent transient snow events, and pretty much as we have been forecasting all along, and for the exact causality…"The likely pattern to develop from this will be ‘cold and snowy’ and not ‘cold and dry’ for those suddenly in recognition of the cold, as of now, they will do the same with the snow…"
