New weather maps have forecasted snow will blast the UK just as spring arrives. The maps by WXCHARTS – and generated using Metadesk data – highlight areas mainly in Scotland and Wales but also in England set to see snow later this month on March 26 from 6am.

The Scottish Highlands will see most of the snow, with it set to fall an average of 3cm per hour, as revealed by the white-shaded areas on the map. Parts of Wales will also be affected including – Swansea and Cardiff. Later on in the day, the snow is forecasted to develop in northern England, specifically the Greater Manchester area.

Although many areas will escape the snow, showers will also hit many parts of the nation, especially further down south, such as London, Canterbury and Brighton. According to the Met Office, the nation should expect some “unsettled conditions” in the last few weeks of the month.

The Met Office Long Range Forecast for March 19 to March 28 said: “Later in the week there will likely be a gradual transition to less settled conditions from west to east, as low pressure becomes more dominant with an increasing chance of rain or showers by the weekend and into the final week of March, perhaps heavy in places.

“Temperatures, initially above average, will likely trend back closer to normal, although with more cloud this will tend to reduce the risk of frost to an extent.”

The snow is not expected to last very long, with the following day forecasted to be much dryer. In the meantime, the weather for the upcoming day is expected to be “mostly fine this weekend” according to The Met Office.

The Met Office’s UK’s 5 day weather forecast:

This evening and tonight:

Some showers will continue to affect easternmost areas tonight. Elsewhere it will become generally dry with clear periods. A widespread frost with a few fog patches, and the odd icy patch too. Breezy in the far north and far south.

Saturday:

Frost and fog clearing to leave a lot of fine weather, though cloud bubbling up to produce one or two showers. Patchy rain in the far north. Mostly light winds.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Mostly dry, though fairly cloudy on Sunday. Becoming breezy on Monday and Tuesday. A few showers in the southwest, but increasing amounts of sunshine elsewhere, and slowly turning milder.