Weather maps show when more wintry conditions are expected
07:25, 21 Jan 2026Updated 07:26, 21 Jan 2026
Weather maps show when snow could hit next week(Image: WXCharts)
Weather maps show more snow could fall in Greater Manchester and across other parts of the UK as temperatures drop next week.
Met Office forecasters have predicted a drop in temperatures towards the end of this week and into next bringing the risk of wintry conditions. This comes after a fairly mild few days following a freezing snap at the start of 2026.
In the Met Office’s UK outlook for January 25 to February 3, forecasters said it is ‘likely to turn somewhat colder during this period’. This ‘brings the risk of some snow showers, most likely across hills in Scotland and northern England’, the forecaster added.
Weather maps on WXCharts, by the Metdesk, show snow is most likely to start falling from Tuesday next week (January 27) – with Greater Manchester likely to see some wintry showers, as well as much of the rest of the UK. The maps also show snow is likely to fall next Wednesday.
More snow could be on the way next week(Image: Sean Hansford | Manchester Evening News)
In our region temperatures will drop to start from Sunday. Conditions will feel fairly mild for this time of year today with the mercury reaching 10C, but by Sunday it will drop to 5C.
The full Met Office forecast for January 25 to February 3 states: “Weather systems moving in from the Atlantic will continue to attempt to push in from the west, but tending to stall in the vicinity of the UK as they encounter high pressure to the north and northeast. As a result, further spells of rain or showers are likely at times.
“These may be heavy and persistent, especially in the south and west, with the best of any drier interludes in the far north and northeast. Whilst mild conditions are expected to encroach into the south and southwest at times, it is likely to turn somewhat colder through this period, bringing the risk of some snow showers, most likely across hills in Scotland and northern England.”
Earlier in January Storm Goretti, described as a ‘multi-hazard event’ by the Met Office, swept over the UK. The storm brought gusts of almost 100mph and a rare red warning for ‘dangerous, stormy’ winds in the south-west of England earlier this month.
Police said a man in his 50s was found dead in a caravan after a tree fell on to the vehicle in Helston, Cornwall. Flights were cancelled, trains were disrupted and hundreds of schools, including some in Greater Manchester, had to close because of the wintry weather.