Snow to batter UK this week after mini-heatwave - with 23 counties at risk

Ventusky weather maps show the white stuff falling across parts of the UK on Monday April 15 from 7am after a mini-heatwave this weekend.

Snow and thunderstorms are set to batter UK in just days after a balmy weekend - with 23 counties facing storms. Ventusky weather maps show the white stuff falling across parts of the UK on Monday April 15 from 7am after a mini-heatwave this weekend.

Liverpool could be hit by storms in the North West, while Leeds in Yorkshire, Manchester in the North West and Birmingham in the West Midlands face a serious deterioration in conditions as well. Met Office forecaster Alex Burkill said: “There is a fairly good chance that we could see high pressure dominating across the whole of the country and that means it is going to turn markedly drier than it has been."

The meteorologist went on: "Not necessarily sunny, there could be quite a bit of cloud around but it does look like we are going to see a more prolonged dry spell than we have seen through many recent weeks and months, to be honest.”

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On the Met Office website, in a medium-term outlook from April 15 onwards, it concedes "snow over higher ground" is possible. The team at the Met Office forecasting agency says "colder air" will "plunge its way" across the country.

By the start of next week, air will sweep across to Scandinavia bringing with it high pressure to Britain, and in term, some serious rain. But as we approach next weekend, it will hopefully turn a bit drier for UK towns and cities.

Maps and charts projected by Ventusky show the areas at risk of the worst of the conditions and where is set to take the brunt. It includes Argyll and Bute and Perth and Kinross in Scotland, as well as Stirling, East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire.

Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, East Lanarkshire, North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire are also at risk as well asEast Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scottish Borders and Cumbria in England.

Other places set to be hit are Dunagonnon, Omagh, Ballymena and in England, Lancashire, West Yorkshire and Cheshire. Gwynned completes the list alongside Highland.