Snow forecast: Weather maps show exact date country to be hit by 600-mile barrage

The UK is bracing for another period of wintry weather as a wall of stretching a staggering 600 miles sweeps across the country.

New maps from WXCHARTS, which uses MetDesk data, have revealed an incoming front of unsettled weather starting in just over a week.

On February 17, the east coast of England, affecting areas such as Norfolk, Suffolk, and Lincolnshire with dustings of up to 1cm/hr.

It will also reach as far south as Kent and East Sussex, which will both has similar levels to the rest of the coastal areas.

In North England, a larger portion of , from Westmorland and Furness in the west, to Newcastle in the east. This end of the country will see accumulations of around 1cm.

Scotland is due to be the worst-affected part of the UK, with most of the . From Edinburgh to the Highlands, dustings will fall at rates between 2-5cm/hr.

By 6pm on the 17th, the wall of snow will stretch from Wick in the Scottish Highlands to Suffolk in the East of England.

Large parts of Northern Ireland are also expected to be inundated, with around 0.3cm/hr of Belfast to Derry.

The forecast for February 12-21 reads: “High pressure is expected to be slow moving and centred to the northeast of the UK at the start of this period.

“As a result, east or southeasterly winds will dominate, these bringing below-normal temperatures across the UK from mainland Europe.

“Some rain and hill snow is likely at times, particularly across the east of the UK, with the best of any sunny periods probably in the west. It will be breezy around coasts, but the risk of any very strong winds is low.

“During the second half of this period, a change to milder and more unsettled conditions will probably begin to occur. Exactly how this manifests is uncertain, but there will be an increasing chance of rain and strong winds spreading from the Atlantic across the UK.”