April 3 is set to be snowy according to WX Charts (Image: WX Charts)
It may be the Easter weekend but that doesn't mean spring has sprung, or at least that's according to the latest maps. Forecasters at WXCharts have made the stunning prediction that a 200-mile area from the southern part of the border between England and Wales to Newcastle will be blanketed in snow on April 4.
The Met Office has said consistently that snow predictions more than two days out from the date in question are unreliable.
However, WX Charts claims that Britain will see snowfall across most of Scotland, North Wales, parts of northern England and most of Northern Ireland on Wednesday April 3.
Then on April 4, the radar company claims that the snowy zone will extend across the Midlands, into Wales and up to the north east of England. Meanwhile the predicted area of snow in Scotland and Northern Ireland will remain relatively constant. It is essential to state that the Met Office weather maps show no snow in these areas except in a small part of northern Scotland.
April 4 is set to see even more snow according to WX Charts (Image: WX Charts)
According to the Met Office, the start of April will be unsettled with "further showers and some longer spells of rain at times".
The meteorologists said that April 1 "is likely to be mostly fine, driest in the north of the UK and with best of the sunshine reserved for northwest Scotland."
The rain is more likely to be reserved for the south east of England, with a possibility of the wet weather extending in Wales.
Met Office chief meteorologist Dan Harris said of April 2: "At present Tuesday looks mostly settled, between one area of low pressure responsible for Monday’s rain in the south or southeast, clearing to the east, and another low arriving from the southwest later.
"How quickly this second low and associated rain arrives is a significant point of uncertainty in the longer-range forecast. But it will herald a further spell through early April of unsettled weather focussed particularly across southern areas; best chance of any more settled conditions, and probably colder conditions, will be across the north of the UK".
Britain will feel a bitter wind chill according to WX Charts on April 4 (Image: WX Charts)
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Full list of areas affected
According to WX Charts, these are the areas that could see snow from April 3 to April 4.
England, April 3
Birmingham
Leicester
Derby
Nottingham
Stoke-on-Trent
Sheffield
Manchester
Liverpool
Wales, April 3
Llanidloes
Newtown
Welshpool
Porthmadog
Wrexham
Colwyn Bay
Scotland, April 3
Stirling
Glencoe
Fort William
Inverness
Northern Ireland, April 3
Belfast
Derry/Londonderry
Ballymena
Ballycastle
England, April 4
Birmingham
Leicester
Derby
Nottingham
Stoke-on-Trent
Sheffield
Manchester
Liverpool
Lincoln
York
Middlesbrough
Sunderland
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Wales, April 4
Llanidloes
Newtown
Welshpool
Porthmadog
Wrexham
Colwyn Bay
Scotland, April 4
Stirling
Glencoe
Fort William
Inverness
Northern Ireland, April 4
Belfast
Derry/Londonderry
Ballymena
Ballycastle.
Met Office five-day forecast
Today:
A mixture of bright or sunny spells and blustery scattered showers for Good Friday. These turning heavy and thundery at times, mainly in the south and west. Feeling pleasant in any prolonged sunshine and lighter winds.
Tonight:
Showers easing, but persisting in the west. Clear skies developing, especially in the north and east. Winds easing and turning chilly with a patchy frost possible, mainly in the north.
Saturday:
Largely dry to start on Saturday with the odd shower. Sunny spells through the day with a few showers breaking out though the afternoon, though less heavy than of late.
Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:
Turning drier on Easter Sunday with lighter winds. Becoming unsettled again through Monday and Tuesday with further showers or spells of rain, especially in the south. A touch cooler too.