It's cold, and there are ice warnings in place for most of the country as the UK braces for Storm Goretti. We now know what time that system is expected to hit. Follow the latest.

A massive 739-mile of snow looks set to hit the UK in a few days, affecting areas from Wick in Scotland to Folkestone in the south of England. The latest weather maps generated by WXCharts using Met Desk data on January 6 have turned white and purple for almost the whole of the UK in a forecast looking at January 11 and 12.

The latest weather maps from Ventusky show a several-hundred-mile weather system descending on the UK in a matter of days - leaving a huge swathe of the country under snowfall

Maps from Ventusky, a weather charting service that utilises public datasets from major organisations such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and DWD (German Weather Service), show the UK and the rest of Europe being severely affected on January 8 next year.

It looks like the UK won't have much of a break from the Arctic weather as the latest weather maps suggest a massive 714-mile snow blizzard from Kirkwall to Hastings will arrive b

Weather maps show heavy snowfall predicted for January 8, 2026, with a 713-mile strip from the south coast to northeast Scotland set to be hit with up to one inch of snow per hour

The entirety of the UK could be facing a major snow bomb in the days following New Year, with up to five inches of snowfall forecast in some of the worst-affected areas

At midnight on Monday (January 12), the snow is expected to get heavier over the East of England, the South East, and London, with Kent also forecast to get a dusting. Weather maps indicate that large swathes of Southern England will see up to 5cm of snowfall.

The newest WXCharts maps reveal the UK virtually unaffected by any harsh weather conditions on December 25, with no indication of even rainfall as people sit down for their Christ