UK weather maps show SNOW may be back despite sunny spell (2025)

The sun may be out, but some weather maps indicate that the UK could be in for snow towards the tail end of March

The sun might have come out in recent days, but weather maps indicate that March could have a snowy sting in its tail. Weather maps from WXCharts indicated that parts of the UK could have a snowy spell before March is out.

Generated on March 19, the maps indicate that temperatures could drop to 0C on March 29, with snowfall as far south as Hampshire and Southampton. Experts are also predicting a cold start to April.

However Mancunians appear less likely to be troubled by snowfall. Instead, in true Mancunian style, Manchester can expect heavy rainfall, the Mirror reports.

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Despite the potential for snowfall towards the end of the month, parts of the UK are expected to see some sunshine over the coming days. Thursday has seen a high of 19C in Manchester, with the temperatures set to stick at 17C going into Friday.

However, forecasts indicate that the weather will take a turn over the weekend, with a 45 percent chance of rain on Friday doubling to 90 percent on Saturday, when temperatures will also fall to 14C.

Nick Finnis, a meterologist with Netweather.tv, explained the change in weather.

He wrote in his blog: "After a dry weekend and much of this week too, it’s likely to turn more unsettled from the south during Friday, as a new area of low pressure swings in from the Atlantic towards northwest Iberia on Friday, then extends northwards across the west of the British Isles over the weekend as quite a complex system with more than one circulation

"The low pressure system moving up from the southwest into the weekend will throw weather fronts north - bringing showery rain north across UK from Friday afternoon, after a dry start.

"Further showers moving or developing northwards over the weekend too, perhaps thundery in the south, but with some drier and brighter or perhaps sunny interludes in between. It will be much milder than of late though."

The Met Office’s long-range forecast between March 24 and April 2 reads: "Still rather unsettled across much of the UK at first with scope for some heavy showers across parts of the south on Sunday, but overall, the final week or so of March to the start of April looks to be characterised by a slowly evolving, generally changeable weather pattern.

"This means some drier interludes are likely, perhaps more especially in the south, where overnight fog is also a possibility. Further north and northwest, there is a greater chance of rain or showers, these accompanied by windier conditions at times.

"There is a small chance that these wetter, windier conditions may become more widespread for a time. Temperatures will probably pan out close to average overall, though chilly nights remain possible where clear skies coincide with light winds."

And the Met Office's long-range forecast between April 3 and April 17 reads: "Confidence is lower than normal, but blocked or slow-moving weather patterns are most probable for the first half of April. This can lead to slow-moving areas of low and high pressure and, depending on their location, this can result in extended periods of either dry conditions (slightly more likely) or wetter episodes in the form of rain or showers (slightly less likely).

"Temperatures will vary, with some large day-to-day swings possible, but overall are likely to be near average." According to the Met Office, Thursday in the UK will be "a dry day with plenty of sunshine after early frost and any fog clears".

It will feel "warm in most areas" although a "southeasterly breeze" will develop for many. On Friday, the forecaster said: "A bright and breezy day for many on Friday, with some warm sunshine, though showers developing in the southwest. Turning cooler and more widely showery for the weekend."