UK snow maps show south of England blanketed as 24 counties hit – full list

Up to 24 counties will be impacted as the next week, according to weather maps. will sweep in from the South and work its way northward throughout Saturday March 15, impacting mainly the South and East of England, as well as parts of and , according to weather maps generated by WXCharts on Thursday.

At 6:00am of March 15, snow could engulf the area between the four corners of Kent, Devon, Gloucestershire, and Suffolk, falling at a rate of 1-3cm per hour over the southwest of England. The storm will have worked its way north by midday, and while snow will continue to fall over the impacted counties, it will turn into rain over parts of the East, including Norfolk and Cambridgeshire. By this time, Dorset, Hampshire and West Sussex could already have a blanket of snow settled on the ground, , and it will have moved into Wales over Gwent.

By 6:00pm there could be a thin layer of snow over the majority of the South, indicated by purple on the mainly covering areas around Oxfordshire and Hampshire, and across to London.

The storm will have worked its way up the East coast by this point to reach Lincolnshire.

Some areas will get respite from the snow as the day moves on, with heavy rainfall predicted instead over Kent, Norfolk and Suffolk.

The long-range weather forecast between 10-19 March said: “Temperatures will likely be below normal. Through the following weekend and into the week after, conditions may slowly become milder and more changeable with some unsettled spells bringing periods of rain and strong winds.”

Full list of counties impacted

• Kent
• East Sussex
• West Sussex
• Hampshire
• Dorset
• Surrey
• Somerset
• Wiltshire
• Berkshire
• Greater London
• Essex
• Suffolk
• Hertfordshire
• Buckinghamshire
• Oxfordshire
• Gloucestershire
• Northamptonshire
• Bedfordshire
• Cambridgeshire
• Norfolk
• Lincolnshire
• Herefordshire
• The Highlands
• Gwent