Snow is expected in Plymouth later this week. (Image: WX Charts/Getty)
Weather maps have revealed when is expected to blanket parts of the UK as far south as Plymouth.
from WXCharts show the port city being covered in more snow than parts of Northern England and the Scottish Highlands.
Several centimetres of snow per hour will fall on Wednesday afternoon (January 29), according to the maps. The clouds are tipped to stay for around three hours and transform into rain by 6pm.
According to an analysis of WXCharts maps, Plymouth could see several centimetres of snow build up before it melts. Snow is expected to fall across most of Devon and Scotland, and Northern England can expect a light powdering.
Maps show a heavy snow front beginning near Cardiff at midday on Wednesday making its way towards Plymouth, finally clobbering the port city by 3pm. The snow will then turn into heavy rain clouds which are expected to cover most of southern England Wednesday evening.
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Snow is expected to fall for three hours on Wednesday. (Image: CX Charts)
Several centimetres of snow is expected to fall every hour. (Image: CX Charts)
Snow clouds will begin forming near Cardiff (Image: CX Charts)
It comes as WXCharts show snow blizzards swooping in at the end of next week. It’s feared the temperature in the Scottish Highlands will plunge as low as -6C by Sunday, January 26th.
The forecast comes as Storm Eowyn battered the UK and Ireland with hurricane-force winds.
A red wind warning was in place until 5pm Friday for Scotland and Northern Ireland and 100mph gusts blasted parts of the UK.
A gust of 100mph has been recorded at Drumalbin in South Lanarkshire in Scotland, the strongest gust so far today in the UK, the said. Gusts of 96mph were recorded at Brizlee Wood in Northumberland, and 93mph at Aberdaron in Gwynedd, north Wales, were also hit.
In Ireland on Friday, a record-breaking wind speed of 114mph (183kmh) was measured in Mace Head, Co Galway, Ireland.
Storm Eowyn is the fifth winter storm of the season and named after a brave heroine in Tolkien’s Lord of The Rings trilogy, in the films played by Miranda Otto.
weather presenter Judith Ralston branded it a “once in a generation” storm, remarking: “It’s very rare you see something like this – it’s once in a generation – in fact I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything so severe forecast in my career.”