Where will it snow in the UK as Met Office issues full list of areas hit

Almost half the country is set in the next 43 hours and the has issued yellowing warnings covering a host of major cities.

The urgent alerts mean disruption to transport could be possible and even cuts to power and mobile phone signal is some of the worst hit areas.

From 7pm tonight until 10am is expected to get a covering of the white stuff with four inches of snow settling on the higher ground.

The band of Arctic freezing conditions stretches from Newcastle in the north down to Nottingham and Stoke in the Midlands, and across from Liverpool and Manchester in the west to Leeds and Hull in Yorkshire.

Warnings are also in place from 3pm today until 10am tomorrow for the whole of Northern Ireland, and for much of northern Scotland, and the Orkney and Shetland Islands, a yellow alert is in force from 4pm today until 10am on Wednesday.

North Wales also does not escape the wintry wrath, with a warning in place from 7pm today until 10 am on Tuesday.

A statement from the said Yellow National Severe Weather Warnings for snow and ice are currently in place from Monday to Wednesday, affecting parts of Scotland, the whole of Northern Ireland, and parts of northern England, north Wales and the north Midlands.

Dan Suri is a Chief Meteorologist at the and said: “An area of low pressure slides its way eastwards on Monday night.

“The associated frontal system, marking the boundary between cold air in the north and milder conditions to the south, will bring disruptive snow to some areas between Monday evening and Tuesday morning.

“This is likely to coincide with rush hour, leading to disruption to some transport routes across a central swathe of the UK on Tuesday morning. It will also be windy in the far south.

“Updates to the warnings throughout the week are likely, so it is important to stay up to date with the latest forecast.”

The weather agency added that as the snow clears pavements and roads could become treacherous as the water turns to ice in some regions.

Full list of places hit by snow

3pm Monday to 10am Tuesday

Northern Ireland

• County Antrim
• County Armagh
• County Down
• County Fermanagh
• County Londonderry
• County Tyrone

4pm Monday to 10am Wednesday

Central, Tayside & Fife

• Angus
• Perth and Kinross

Grampian

• Aberdeen
• Aberdeenshire
• Moray

Highlands & Eilean Siar

• Na h-Eileanan Siar
• Highland

Orkney & Shetland

• Orkney Islands
• Shetland Islands

7pm Monday to 10am Tuesday

East Midlands

• Derby
• Derbyshire
• Leicestershire
• Lincolnshire
• Nottingham
• Nottinghamshire

North East England

• Darlington
• Durham
• Gateshead
• Hartlepool
• Middlesbrough
• Newcastle upon Tyne
• North Tyneside
• Northumberland
• Redcar and Cleveland
• South Tyneside
• Stockton-on-Tees
• Sunderland

North West England

• Blackburn with Darwen
• Cheshire East
• Cheshire West and Chester
• Cumbria
• Greater Manchester
• Halton
• Lancashire
• Merseyside
• Warrington

Wales

• Conwy
• Denbighshire
• Flintshire
• Gwynedd
• Wrexham

West Midlands

• Shropshire
• Staffordshire
• Stoke-on-Trent
• Telford and Wrekin

Yorkshire & Humber

• East Riding of Yorkshire
• North East Lincolnshire
• North Lincolnshire
• North Yorkshire
• South Yorkshire
• West Yorkshire
• York.