New weather maps turn red as UK blasted by huge storm with snow, rain and wind

The sweeping in from the Atlantic Ocean next week. On Monday 18 March, forecaster WXCharts predicts heavy rains and winds up to 110kmph (75mph) will batter Ireland, England and parts of Wales throughout the day.

The southwest coast and will be hit first from around 6:00am, before the storm moves Northeast to Up to 5mm of rain could fall per hour over Ireland north of Cork accompanied by winds up to 110kmph (75mph), indicated by bright red on the rain and wind forecast. The peninsula of Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset will be hit with up to 3mm of rain and winds up to 75kmph (46mph) in the worst areas.

As the day progresses, the eye of the storm will centre around Manchester, as well as Oxfordshire, with up to 5mm of rain per hour. By midday, nearly the whole of England will be drenched, except for Norfolk and Suffolk.

will be largely dry, and the worst of the storm will have also moved away from Ireland, although up to 1mm of rain will still fall in scattered parts over the country.

As indicated by purple on the rain forecast, a large band of snow sits just behind the storm over the

The said: “The following week (17th) is likely to see a transition to unsettled conditions, with Atlantic weather systems bringing wind and rain at times.

“Temperatures are likely to be below average at first with frosty nights, then above average later.”

Temperatures also look like they will plummet according to WXCharts, which predicts the day will start at around 3 degrees at 6:00am, rising to around 5 or 6 degrees throughout the day.