The UK is set for a bitterly cold spell of weather where temperatures could drop as low as -13C, and weather maps show one day where nearly all of the country will see snow

And now new maps now also show that the wintery conditions could last well into next week with a fresh batch of snow set to hit the UK from January 10 - including a vast part of the south of the country, inlcuding Cornwall, Plymouth and Southampton.

The Met Office has issued a 44-hour yellow warning for snow across England and Wales, and some weather maps show a 290-mile wall of the white stuff sweeping the nation

New weather maps reveal that half of the UK could be blanketed in snow within the next 48 hours, with some regions potentially seeing as much as 20cm. WXCharts maps indicate a band of snow sweeping across the country on New Year's Day,

Snow maps show the UK could see up to 20cm of snow in parts of the country over the next 48 hours as the Met Office has also issued a yellow snow and ice warning for parts of Scotland

Britain will be ringing in the New Year in the most British way possible – rain, wind, snow and more rain. The Met Office has issued two yellow weather warnings for today, blanketing northern Scotland and a small patch of northern England.